The Detroit Lions have nearly arrived to do-or-die time. With a playoff spot now basically two video games away, the Lions can ill-afford struggles down the stretch. 5 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. Sadly for the Lions, of their 5 remaining video games, 4 are towards groups which are within the depths of their very own playoff races. Detroit’s closing 5 video games are:
So at present’s Query of the Day is:
What’s going to the Lions’ file be of their closing 5 video games?
Let’s begin with the wins. The Steelers usually are not a very good workforce. Whereas they’ve a comparatively sturdy defensive unit, they’re nonetheless permitting 24.1 factors per recreation, rating twentieth within the league. They actually wrestle on offense, rating twenty second in DVOA and falling. They’ve misplaced 5 of their final seven video games, and in three weeks they could possibly 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 are going to be totally out of the playoff race by their Week 17 recreation towards Detroit, and whereas the protection will doubtless give the Lions hassle, I’ve religion they’ll nonetheless be capable to outscore that horrible Vikings offense.
That leaves the Cowboys, Rams, and Bears. These 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 together with that harmful offense. As for the Cowboys and Bears—the 2 most vital video games of the season—I actually suppose the Lions are going to separate them. I want I may think about the Lions proper now, however they only aren’t taking part in 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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