Detroit’s recent run of wins put the Lions in position to secure a playoff berth. Saturday’s humbling 37-23 loss in Carolina definitely provided a big hit to that postseason potential, but the Lions aren’t dead yet.
None of the paths to the postseason matter if the Lions don’t win their final two games, at home against Chicago and then Week 18 at Green Bay. There is a mathematical technicality where the Lions could get in by winning just one of those, but that contrivance seems quite unlikely.
