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 a detailed. The Lions want a whole lot of assist, however contemplating they’re at the moment holding the No. 1 seed within the NFC, clinching a wild card berth is just not a giant concern.

The Lions host their annual Thanksgiving recreation 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 latest weeks. This marks their third straight divisional recreation and so they’re coming off a 30-27 time beyond regulation loss to the Vikings final week and a 20-19 loss to the Packers the week earlier than. These each have been at Soldier Subject, however even nonetheless, they’ve been aggressive in latest weeks.

Detroit is a 9.5-point favourite at FanDuel Sportsbook and in the event that they win, they’ll clinch a playoff berth with six totally different potential outcomes. We’ll submit the complete record beneath, but when we ignore ties given their unlikely nature, the Lions have two potential eventualities through which 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 Evening Soccer. The 49ers are unlikely to have Brock Purdy out there, and given their assortment of different accidents, they’re heavy underdogs. The Cardinals are 3.5-point highway underdogs in opposition to the Vikings, which may very well be an upset particular, however Minnesota has been getting the job completed. The Seahawks are 1.5-point highway favourite in opposition to a foul Jets workforce, however Seattle doesn’t play peculiar video games and that may be a small unfold. For the remaining three video games, the Bucs are highway favorites in opposition to the Panthers, the Commanders are house favorites in opposition to the Titans, and the Falcons are slight house underdogs to the Chargers.

Here’s a record 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