With the Detroit Lions mounting a comeback over the Chicago Bears and the Minnesota Vikings losing to the Denver Broncos on “Sunday Night Football,” the Lions now have a 99.5 percent chance (according to FTN Fantasy’s DVOA playoff odds) of making the playoffs and a 92.4 percent chance of winning the division. I think it’s pretty darn safe to be talking about the playoffs now... that is, unless a different model has the Lions at a 98.8 percent chance?
The Lions have only played one team currently in the NFC playoff picture so far this year and that was when they lost to the Seattle Seahawks in Week 2.