The Detroit Lions will not be playing in this weekend’s Super Wild Card games. They sure came close—and they weren’t helped out by officiating in a game they weren’t even playing in—but, ultimately, it’s yet another year where we have to watch the other teams have all the fun.
That’s no reason to hang your head on the Lions’ 2022 season, because in a lot of ways, it was a very successful year. Still, it’ll be hard not to wonder what would’ve happened if the Lions slipped their way into the NFC’s seventh seed.