(WXYZ) \u2014 There are just three weeks left in the NFL regular season, and at 8-6, the Detroit Lions sit just outside a playoff spot.<\/p>\n
With all of the NFC games completed for week 15, the Lions sit in 8th in the NFC and are one of three teams on the bubble, just outside of a playoff spot.<\/p>\n
Here are the current standings. There are seven total playoff spots, but the top team in the league gets a first-round bye.<\/p>\n
Los Angeles Rams (clinched)Chicago BearsPhiladelphia EaglesTampa Bay BuccaneersSeattle SeahawksSan Francisco 49ers (Wild Card)Green Bay Packers (Wild Card)Detroit LionsCarolina PanthersDallas Cowboys<\/p>\n
Detroit has just three games remaining. They start by hosting the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday at 4:25 p.m., then face the Minnesota Vikings on the road on Christmas, and go to Soldier Field on Jan. 4 to finish the season. The time for that game has not yet been announced.<\/p>\n
The Lions are currently third in the NFC North, and NFL.com has their playoff probability at 41%.<\/p>\n
The easiest way for the Lions to have a chance at the playoffs is by winning their final three games and finishing the season 11-6. They’d also need the Bears to lose at least two games, including the game against Detroit at the end of the season.<\/p>\n
There’s also a chance for the Lions to make the playoffs by going 2-1, but it would require help from the San Francisco 49ers.<\/p>\n
If the Lions lose two or three games, they’ll be eliminated from the playoffs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(WXYZ) \u2014 There are just three weeks left in the NFL regular season, and at 8-6, the Detroit…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":602792,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2071],"tags":[4495,146,113,4496,2506,7,147,6,4497],"class_list":{"0":"post-602791","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-detroit-lions","8":"tag-7-action-news-sports","9":"tag-detroit","10":"tag-detroit-lions","11":"tag-detroit-sports","12":"tag-detroitlions","13":"tag-football","14":"tag-lions","15":"tag-nfl","16":"tag-wxyz-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115724051131069048","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/602791","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=602791"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/602791\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/602792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=602791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=602791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=602791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}