The Most Important Games for the Lions are those games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the Lions final playoff standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Lions fans can use this table to identify the most interesting games in the upcoming week of play.
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
Game Winner |
Lions Resultant Playoff Probabilities | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Divisional Winners | Wildcard | No Playoffs No POs | ||||||||
| 1* First Round Bye |
2** First Round Home Field Advantage |
3** First Round Home Field Advantage |
4** First Round Home Field Advantage |
5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |||
| Lions (12‑1) vs Bills (10‑3) |
66 | Lions Wins | 92% | 3% | X | X | 5% | ^ | ^ | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | 86% | 6% | X | X | 8% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ||
| Bills Wins | 71% | 13% | X | X | 16% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ||
| Bears (4‑9) vs Vikings (11‑2) |
20 | Bears Wins | 90% | 9% | X | X | 1% | <1% | <1% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | 86% | 6% | X | X | 8% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ||
| Vikings Wins | 85% | 6% | X | X | 9% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ||
| Steelers (10‑3) vs Eagles (11‑2) |
10 | Steelers Wins | 89% | 3% | X | X | 8% | <1% | <1% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | 86% | 6% | X | X | 8% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ||
| Eagles Wins | 85% | 7% | X | X | 8% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ||
| Packers (9‑4) vs Seahawks (8‑5) |
0 | Packers Wins | 86% | 5% | X | X | 9% | <1% | <1% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | 86% | 6% | X | X | 8% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ||
| Seahawks Wins | 86% | 5% | X | X | 9% | <1% | ^ | ^ | ||
| Cardinals (6‑7) vs Patriots (3‑10) |
0 | Cardinals Wins | 86% | 6% | X | X | 8% | <1% | <1% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | 86% | 6% | X | X | 8% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ||
| Patriots Wins | 86% | 6% | X | X | 8% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ||
| Chargers (8‑5) vs Buccaneers (7‑6) |
0 | Chargers Wins | 86% | 6% | X | X | 8% | <1% | <1% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | 86% | 6% | X | X | 8% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ||
| Buccaneers Wins | 86% | 6% | X | X | 8% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ||
| Raiders (2‑11) vs Falcons (6‑7) |
0 | Raiders Wins | 86% | 6% | X | X | 8% | <1% | <1% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | 86% | 6% | X | X | 8% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ||
| Falcons Wins | 86% | 6% | X | X | 8% | <1% | <1% | ^ | ||