What will the Detroit Lions’ document be of their ultimate 5 video games?

The Detroit Lions have nearly arrived to do-or-die time. With a playoff spot now primarily two video games away, the Lions can ill-afford struggles down the stretch. Five video games stay on the schedule, and if the Lions win 4 of them, they’re nearly definitely going to make their third straight postseason. Unfortunately for the Lions, of their 5 remaining video games, 4 are in opposition to groups which might be within the depths of their very own playoff races. Detroit’s ultimate 5 video games are:

So as we speak’s Question of the Day is:

What will the Lions’ document be of their ultimate 5 video games?

Let’s begin with the wins. The Steelers are usually not a very good group. While they’ve a comparatively sturdy defensive unit, they’re nonetheless permitting 24.1 factors per recreation, rating twentieth within the league. They actually battle on offense, rating twenty second in DVOA and falling. They’ve misplaced 5 of their final seven video games, and in three weeks they might be utterly out of the playoff race.

I do know the Lions misplaced to the Vikings earlier within the season, however issues have solely gotten worse for Minnesota since. They’ve misplaced 4 in a row since that recreation, they usually’ve failed to attain 20 factors in every of these contests. They can be totally out of the playoff race by their Week 17 recreation in opposition to Detroit, and whereas the protection will seemingly give the Lions hassle, I’ve religion they’ll nonetheless be capable of outscore that horrible Vikings offense.

That leaves the Cowboys, Rams, and Bears. Those are three groups with explosive offenses, which is probably going going to provide Detroit some hassle. I’m counting the Rams recreation as a loss, given they’ve a reasonably sturdy protection to go along with that harmful offense. As for the Cowboys and Bears—the 2 most vital video games of the season—I actually assume the Lions are going to separate them. I want I might think about the Lions proper now, however they only aren’t enjoying constant sufficient soccer for me to imagine they’ll win each of these video games.

So, I’ve the Lions going 3-2 down the stretch right here, which—in all probability—gained’t be sufficient to make the playoffs.

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