The Detroit Lions haven’t done themselves any favors when it comes to their playoff chances. They’re just 3-4 in their last seven games, and they’ve dropped critical games to the Philadelphia Eagles and Green Bay Packers. In addition to that, though, they’ve gotten a tremendous amount of bad luck when it comes to games out of their control. In Week 13, Detroit again essentially got zero help from the other NFC matchups, and their playoff odds (per the NYT simulator) dropped from 73% after Week 12 to just 30% now.

Let’s take a closer look at the divisional and conference playoff races.

NFC North playoff race: • Bears: 9-3 • Packers: 8-3-1 • Lions: 7-5 • Vikings: 4-8

The bad news for Detroit is that their odds to win the NFC North have plummeted to just 4 percent, according to the

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