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Five things to watch: Lions vs. Rams

Justin Rogers and John Niyo discuss the Lions' upcoming game against the Rams and the depressing nature of covering meaningless football in December. Justin Rogers, The Detroit News

Football Week in Michigan? Well, it went poorly.

That includes the Lions, who had their playoff hopes all but completely vanquished on Thanksgiving and will be playing out the string this December with five games of underwhelming importance.

But honestly, Sunday’s game might be the most interesting watch of the slate, as a legitimate Super Bowl contender comes to Detroit, an exciting franchise we don’t get to see up close very often.