In around 48 hours, the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs will face off to enshrine themselves permanently in the NFL record books. The Super Bowl is both the pinnacle of the NFL and American sports. One day, we hope to see our Detroit Lions there for the first time.
Back on Tuesday, I asked a simple question: how close are the Lions to competing for the Super Bowl? Obviously, the team finished 8-2 in the final 10 games of the season and had the fifth-best overall DVOA in the NFL over that span.