Pride of Detroit
The Detroit Lions are tied for first in the NFL at 10-1. What will their final record be?
Heading into Thanksgiving, the Detroit Lions share a piece of first place in the NFL, tied with the Kansas City Chiefs with 10 wins and only one loss. Their remaining schedule presents some issues as they fight for the top seed in the NFC, though. According to ESPN’s Football Power Index, the Lions have the second toughest remaining schedule in the NFL.
Here are the remaining opponents on the Lions’ schedule:
Today’s Question of the Day is…
My answer: 15-2.
I’ll take the Lions going 5-1 in their final six games. That might be overly optimistic of me, but we did see the Lions lose only one game up until this point, and it helps that four of the six remaining games are at home, including all of the remaining divisional games.
I was even tempted to go 16-1, because picking them to lose one of their remaining games means I have to choose which game I think they’ll lose, and I can’t comfortably say that any of these games will be a loss. If I had to choose, though, I would say that the Packers are the most likely to hand the Lions an L, only because it’s very, very tough to go 6-0 in the division, especially in the NFC North this year. Packers head coach Matt LaFleur will have his guys hungry after losing to the Lions earlier in the year, much like last year.
