Earlier within the season, the matchup between the Chicago Bears and Detroit Lions gave the impression to be way more attention-grabbing, however because the Bears have imploded, this appears to be like like simply one other pace bump for the Lions. Detroit misplaced their second sport of the season final weekend to the Buffalo Bills, however the Lions are nonetheless within the driver’s seat within the NFC and the NFC North.
The Lions are favorites this week, and FanDuel Sportsbook has them at -6.5 regardless of the sport happening within the pleasant confines of Soldier Discipline in Chicago.
Detroit controls their very own future to the one seed; in the event that they win out, they’re prime canine. The Lions play the Vikings in Week 18, and that might decide who finally ends up on prime of the NFC North and may very well be for the highest of the NFC, too.
Beat the Bears, beat the 49ers, beat the Vikings and also you don’t have to fret about the rest.
Tiebreaker implications
The Lions and Vikings are very shut. Detroit is 4-0 within the division whereas Minnesota is 3-1, so if the Lions win this weekend, it is going to clinch at worst a tie for that tiebreaker for Detroit. It would additionally maintain them not less than one sport forward of Minnesota in NFC document and assist Detroit within the widespread video games tiebreaker. The Lions are crushing the Vikings in Energy of Victory if it will get that far, so they’re trying fairly good.
