So, you’re telling me there’s a chance?<\/p>\n
Yes, the Detroit Lions<\/a> (8-7) are still mathematically alive to qualify for the NFL playoffs, but the odds are stacked against them now that the Lions have suffered back-to-back losses for the first time since the 2022 NFL season. Last week’s 29-24 heartbreaker against the Pittsburgh Steelers<\/a> snapped a stretch of 15 regular-season wins in a row for the Lions immediately following a loss.<\/p>\n Now, with the Lions’ backs against the wall, what exactly needs to happen for Detroit to make the NFL playoffs? It’s pretty simple, but take a look as the Lions ready for their Christmas Day showdown at Minnesota:<\/p>\n Can the Lions still make the playoffs? What needs to happen for Detroit to qualify?<\/p>\n In order for the Lions to make the NFL playoffs for a third-straight season, this is what needs to happen:<\/p>\n Detroit wins its final two games… ANDGreen Bay<\/a> loses its final two gamesRemaining Lions, Packers schedules<\/p>\n Detroit Lions<\/a>: at Minnesota<\/a>, at Chicago<\/a><\/p>\n Green Bay: vs. Baltimore<\/a>, at Minnesota<\/p>\n Lions’ NFL playoff chances entering Christmas Day<\/p>\n Per NFL’s Next Gen Stats<\/a>, the Lions have just a 6% chance to qualify for the playoffs. That number jumps up to 9% with a Christmas Day win over the Vikings.<\/p>\n For more Lions coverage, follow us on X,\u00a0@TheLionsWire<\/a>, and give our\u00a0Facebook<\/a>\u00a0page a like.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"So, you’re telling me there’s a chance? Yes, the Detroit Lions (8-7) are still mathematically alive to qualify…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":628596,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[77],"tags":[247,265,1872,146,113,1103,7,6489,60574,20842,147,60573,5264,248,267,330,88,6,35196,84,245,338,818,1602,1982,817,829,9,266,819,1980,776],"class_list":{"0":"post-628595","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl-playoffs","8":"tag-american","9":"tag-american-football","10":"tag-christmas","11":"tag-detroit","12":"tag-detroit-lions","13":"tag-facebook","14":"tag-football","15":"tag-holiday","16":"tag-holiday-marketplace-hub","17":"tag-hub","18":"tag-lions","19":"tag-marketplace","20":"tag-mi","21":"tag-national","22":"tag-national-sports","23":"tag-negative","24":"tag-news","25":"tag-nfl","26":"tag-nfl-hub","27":"tag-nfl-playoffs","28":"tag-overall","29":"tag-overall-negative","30":"tag-scores","31":"tag-smg","32":"tag-smg-timely","33":"tag-sport","34":"tag-sport-scores-u0026-statistics","35":"tag-sports","36":"tag-sports-news","37":"tag-statistics","38":"tag-timely","39":"tag-u0026"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115782864417139904","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/628595","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=628595"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/628595\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/628596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=628595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=628595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=628595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}