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The Detroit Lions likely need five more wins for a playoff berth. They have seven games left. That's not a big ask, but it's not easy, either.
There’ve been a lot of talks on the connection between Amon-Ra St. Brown and Jared Goff since the Detroit Lions fell to the Philadelphia Eagles on Monday night.
Individual O-line stats can be tough to find and parse through, but Chicago's run-game numbers are a good proxy. Per Next Gen Stats, the Bears had a 57.1 percent success rate on 14 carries between the tackles Sunday, good for the fifth-best mark on those runs in Week 11.
Detroit is in unfamiliar territory. For the first time since the end of the 2022 season, the Lions aren't in the playoff picture.
The Detroit Lions have big expectations of making it back to the playoffs as the 2025 NFL season carries on, but after their offensive output on Sunday Night Football against the Philadelphia Eagles some fans might be a little wary of a certain NFC team that is coming off a Super Bowl title in February.