At the moment, there might not be a hotter NFL team than the Detroit Lions. Since early November, the Lions have won five of six games. And after a 1-6 start, Dan Campbell’s now-6-7 bunch is within comfortable striking distance of the NFC playoffs. If they make it to mid-January, it’s starting to seem like they might be the most dangerous team in the field.
On Sunday, the scorching hot Lions appeared to have little issue handling the rival Minnesota Vikings in a big home 34-23 win. But when Minnesota could’ve threatened on a key Lions’ third down at the end of the fourth quarter, Campbell and OC Ben Johnson showed they weren’t messing around.
