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 (3‑2) vs Packers (4‑2) |
34 | Lions Wins | 4% | 7% | 2% | <1% | 19% | 15% | 12% | 40% |
| Current Probabilities | 4% | 6% | 2% | <1% | 16% | 13% | 11% | 47% | ||
| Packers Wins | 1% | 4% | 2% | <1% | 12% | 14% | 12% | 55% | ||
| Colts (2‑4) vs Vikings (5‑0) |
7 | Colts Wins | 4% | 7% | 2% | <1% | 15% | 13% | 11% | 46% |
| Current Probabilities | 4% | 6% | 2% | <1% | 16% | 13% | 11% | 47% | ||
| Vikings Wins | 4% | 6% | 2% | <1% | 16% | 13% | 11% | 47% | ||
| Falcons (2‑4) vs Forty-Niners49ers (6‑0) |
4 | Falcons Wins | 5% | 5% | 2% | <1% | 16% | 13% | 11% | 48% |
| Current Probabilities | 4% | 6% | 2% | <1% | 16% | 13% | 11% | 47% | ||
| Forty-Niners49ers Wins | 3% | 7% | 2% | <1% | 16% | 14% | 12% | 47% | ||
| Patriots (4‑2) vs Bears (4‑2) |
3 | Patriots Wins | 4% | 6% | 2% | <1% | 16% | 13% | 11% | 47% |
| Current Probabilities | 4% | 6% | 2% | <1% | 16% | 13% | 11% | 47% | ||
| Bears Wins | 4% | 6% | 2% | <1% | 16% | 13% | 11% | 48% | ||
| Broncos (4‑2) vs Cardinals (2‑4) |
3 | Broncos Wins | 4% | 6% | 2% | <1% | 16% | 14% | 12% | 46% |
| Current Probabilities | 4% | 6% | 2% | <1% | 16% | 13% | 11% | 47% | ||
| Cardinals Wins | 4% | 6% | 2% | <1% | 16% | 13% | 11% | 48% | ||
| Chiefs (5‑0) vs Seahawks (3‑3) |
3 | Chiefs Wins | 4% | 6% | 2% | <1% | 16% | 13% | 11% | 47% |
| Current Probabilities | 4% | 6% | 2% | <1% | 16% | 13% | 11% | 47% | ||
| Seahawks Wins | 4% | 6% | 2% | <1% | 15% | 13% | 11% | 49% | ||
| Steelers (4‑2) vs Saints (2‑4) |
3 | Steelers Wins | 4% | 6% | 2% | <1% | 16% | 14% | 11% | 46% |
| Current Probabilities | 4% | 6% | 2% | <1% | 16% | 13% | 11% | 47% | ||
| Saints Wins | 4% | 6% | 2% | <1% | 16% | 13% | 10% | 48% | ||
| Buccaneers (1‑5) vs Panthers (3‑2) |
1 | Buccaneers Wins | 4% | 6% | 1% | <1% | 16% | 13% | 11% | 47% |
| Current Probabilities | 4% | 6% | 2% | <1% | 16% | 13% | 11% | 47% | ||
| Panthers Wins | 4% | 6% | 2% | <1% | 16% | 13% | 11% | 47% | ||
| Eagles (2‑4) vs Cowboys (2‑4) |
1 | Eagles Wins | 4% | 7% | 2% | <1% | 16% | 13% | 11% | 47% |
| Current Probabilities | 4% | 6% | 2% | <1% | 16% | 13% | 11% | 47% | ||
| Cowboys Wins | 4% | 6% | 2% | <1% | 16% | 13% | 11% | 47% | ||
| Raiders (3‑3) vs Rams (2‑4) |
1 | Raiders Wins | 4% | 6% | 2% | <1% | 16% | 13% | 11% | 47% |
| Current Probabilities | 4% | 6% | 2% | <1% | 16% | 13% | 11% | 47% | ||
| Rams Wins | 4% | 6% | 2% | <1% | 16% | 13% | 11% | 48% | ||
| Giants (3‑2‑1) vs Texans (2‑4) |
0 | Giants Wins | 4% | 6% | 2% | <1% | 16% | 13% | 11% | 47% |
| Current Probabilities | 4% | 6% | 2% | <1% | 16% | 13% | 11% | 47% | ||
| Texans Wins | 4% | 6% | 2% | <1% | 16% | 13% | 11% | 47% | ||