Tell me if this sentence was something you thought you’d hear in 2023. The NFC North champion Detroit Lions travel on the road Saturday night in primetime to take on the Dallas Cowboys in a game that will shake up the fight for the number one seed in the NFC playoff race. I bet you didn’t because I surely didn’t see that coming. I knew the Lions would be a playoff team, but fighting for a one-seed? That was not on my bingo card.
It’s true, though, that the Lions are tied for first place right now in the NFC with the San Francisco 49ers and the Philadelphia Eagles at 11-4, while the Cowboys are a step behind at 10-5 but indeed still in the mix with just two games left in the season.