NFL playoff image: How Lions can clinch a playoff berth in Week 13

Thanksgiving is upon us and the Detroit Lions have an opportunity to clinch a playoff berth by the point Sunday involves an in depth. The Lions want a number of assist, however contemplating they’re at the moment holding the No. 1 seed within the NFC, clinching a wild card berth will not be a giant concern.

The Lions host their annual Thanksgiving sport with the Chicago Bears coming to city. The Bears are sitting at 4-7 and unlikely to make the playoffs, however they’ve proven some life in current weeks. This marks their third straight divisional sport and so they’re coming off a 30-27 additional time loss to the Vikings final week and a 20-19 loss to the Packers the week earlier than. These each had been at Soldier Area, however even nonetheless, they’ve been aggressive in current weeks.

Detroit is a 9.5-point favourite at FanDuel Sportsbook and in the event that they win, they will clinch a playoff berth with six totally different potential outcomes. We’ll submit the total checklist beneath, but when we ignore ties given their unlikely nature, the Lions have two potential eventualities wherein they clinch a playoff berth:

1. DET win + SF loss + ARI loss + SEA loss + TB loss
2. DET win + SF loss + ARI loss + SEA loss + WAS loss + ATL loss

The 49ers are touring to Buffalo to face the Payments on Sunday Night time Soccer. The 49ers are unlikely to have Brock Purdy obtainable, and given their assortment of different accidents, they’re heavy underdogs. The Cardinals are 3.5-point street underdogs towards the Vikings, which might be an upset particular, however Minnesota has been getting the job performed. The Seahawks are 1.5-point street favourite towards a nasty Jets group, however Seattle doesn’t play strange video games and that may be a small unfold. For the remaining three video games, the Bucs are street favorites towards the Panthers, the Commanders are dwelling favorites towards the Titans, and the Falcons are slight dwelling underdogs to the Chargers.

Here’s a checklist of all of the Lions’ clinching eventualities that embody ties.

1. DET win + SF loss or tie + ARI loss or tie + SEA loss + TB loss or tie
2. DET win + SF loss or tie + ARI loss + SEA tie + TB loss or tie
3. DET win + SF loss or tie + ARI loss or tie + SEA loss + WAS loss or tie + ATL loss
4. DET win + SF loss or tie + ARI loss or tie + SEA loss + WAS loss + ATL tie
5. DET win + SF loss or tie + ARI loss + SEA tie + WAS loss or tie + ATL loss
6. DET win + SF loss or tie + ARI loss + SEA tie + WAS loss + ATL tie