Four weeks into the NFL season, the Detroit Lions are 3-1, sitting atop an NFC North they’ve won the past two seasons. At the conclusion of Week 1’s disastrous performance against the Green Bay Packers, there hardly seemed to be a reality in which the Lions would have a winning record and a point differential of +49–the biggest in the NFL.

But heavy is the head that wears the crown. A quick trip down I-75 will wrap up the Lions’ two-week tour of what Ohio has to offer professional football, but things only ramp up from there. First, a date at Arrowhead to play the reinvigorated Kansas City Chiefs, and then after that, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on “Monday Night Football.” It’s not getting any easier for the Lions before the bye, but it’s cool, Lions fans can relax: Dan Campbell has got this

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