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 (7‑5) vs Cowboys (6‑5‑1) |
31 | Lions Wins | <1% | 2% | 3% | 1% | 3% | 9% | 17% | 66% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 2% | 7% | 13% | 74% | ||
| Cowboys Wins | <1% | <1% | 1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 6% | 91% | ||
| Falcons (4‑8) vs Seahawks (9‑3) |
5 | Falcons Wins | <1% | 1% | 2% | <1% | 3% | 9% | 13% | 72% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 2% | 7% | 13% | 74% | ||
| Seahawks Wins | <1% | 1% | 2% | <1% | 2% | 6% | 13% | 76% | ||
| Saints (2‑10) vs Buccaneers (7‑5) |
2 | Saints Wins | <1% | 1% | 2% | <1% | 2% | 7% | 14% | 73% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 2% | 7% | 13% | 74% | ||
| Buccaneers Wins | <1% | 1% | 2% | <1% | 2% | 7% | 13% | 74% | ||
| Chargers (8‑4) vs Eagles (8‑4) |
2 | Chargers Wins | <1% | 2% | 2% | <1% | 2% | 7% | 13% | 74% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 2% | 7% | 13% | 74% | ||
| Eagles Wins | <1% | 1% | 3% | 1% | 2% | 7% | 13% | 75% | ||
| Cardinals (3‑9) vs Rams (9‑3) |
2 | Cardinals Wins | <1% | 1% | 2% | <1% | 3% | 8% | 12% | 73% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 2% | 7% | 13% | 74% | ||
| Rams Wins | <1% | 1% | 2% | <1% | 2% | 7% | 13% | 74% | ||
| Bears (9‑3) vs Packers (8‑3‑1) |
2 | Bears Wins | <1% | 1% | 2% | <1% | 2% | 7% | 14% | 74% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 2% | 7% | 13% | 74% | ||
| Packers Wins | <1% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 2% | 7% | 12% | 75% | ||
| Vikings (4‑8) vs Commanders (3‑9) |
0 | Vikings Wins | <1% | 1% | 2% | <1% | 2% | 7% | 13% | 73% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 2% | 7% | 13% | 74% | ||
| Commanders Wins | <1% | 1% | 2% | <1% | 2% | 8% | 13% | 73% | ||