So if the Lions don’t win on Thursday, root against the Falcons, Cardinals, Panthers, Rams and Buccaneers on Sunday and Detroit could be celebrating a playoff berth anyway. The Rams have the latest kickoff of those teams, at 4:25 p.m. on Sunday.

The Detroit Lions are nearing a second-consecutive playoff berth, and their path to it is simple for the upcoming week. With a win over the Green Bay Packers, the Lions will officially punch their ticket to the playoffs.

The Detroit Lions were able to set a new NFL record for viewership on Thanksgiving in their normal time slot.

After setting the all-time viewership record for the early Thanksgiving game last year, the Lions crushed that mark in their win over the Bears last week.

Few combinations go together better than Thanksgiving and football and this year's ratings bear that out. Per Austin Karp of Sports Business Journal, the NFL had its most-watched Thanksgiving ever this year,

Rookie Sione Vaki leads all NFL special teams players in Pro Bowl voting, but he's far from the only Lions player doing well.

Detroit Lions fans have come out in full force through the first week of Pro Bowl voting. Nineteen players on the Lions rank in the top 10 for their positions, with 10 of those coming on offense, five on defense and four on special teams.

The Super Bowl betting favorite Detroit Lions now also lead the NFL in another category: Pro Bowl votes. No team in the NFL has received more Pro Bowl votes than the Detroit Lions, according to an updated vote total released by the league on Monday.