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 (6‑4) vs Giants (2‑9) |
38 | Lions Wins | 1% | 5% | 17% | 6% | 5% | 13% | 18% | 36% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 4% | 15% | 6% | 5% | 12% | 16% | 41% | ||
| Giants Wins | <1% | 1% | 9% | 6% | 3% | 9% | 16% | 57% | ||
| Vikings (4‑6) vs Packers (6‑3‑1) |
8 | Vikings Wins | 1% | 5% | 18% | 8% | 4% | 11% | 16% | 39% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 4% | 15% | 6% | 5% | 12% | 16% | 41% | ||
| Packers Wins | 1% | 4% | 15% | 5% | 5% | 13% | 17% | 41% | ||
| Steelers (6‑4) vs Bears (7‑3) |
6 | Steelers Wins | 1% | 4% | 18% | 7% | 4% | 11% | 16% | 39% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 4% | 15% | 6% | 5% | 12% | 16% | 41% | ||
| Bears Wins | 1% | 4% | 15% | 5% | 5% | 12% | 16% | 41% | ||
| Titans (1‑9) vs Seahawks (7‑3) |
3 | Titans Wins | 1% | 5% | 15% | 6% | 6% | 12% | 16% | 40% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 4% | 15% | 6% | 5% | 12% | 16% | 41% | ||
| Seahawks Wins | 1% | 4% | 15% | 6% | 4% | 12% | 17% | 41% | ||
| Cowboys (4‑5‑1) vs Eagles (8‑2) |
2 | Cowboys Wins | 1% | 5% | 15% | 6% | 5% | 12% | 15% | 42% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 4% | 15% | 6% | 5% | 12% | 16% | 41% | ||
| Eagles Wins | <1% | 4% | 16% | 6% | 5% | 12% | 17% | 40% | ||
| Rams (8‑2) vs Buccaneers (6‑4) |
2 | Rams Wins | 1% | 4% | 17% | 4% | 5% | 12% | 17% | 41% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 4% | 15% | 6% | 5% | 12% | 16% | 41% | ||
| Buccaneers Wins | 1% | 5% | 12% | 9% | 5% | 12% | 16% | 41% | ||
| Cardinals (3‑7) vs Jaguars (6‑4) |
1 | Cardinals Wins | 1% | 4% | 16% | 6% | 5% | 12% | 16% | 41% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 4% | 15% | 6% | 5% | 12% | 16% | 41% | ||
| Jaguars Wins | 1% | 4% | 15% | 6% | 5% | 12% | 17% | 41% | ||
| Saints (2‑8) vs Falcons (3‑7) |
0 | Saints Wins | 1% | 4% | 15% | 6% | 5% | 12% | 16% | 40% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 4% | 15% | 6% | 5% | 12% | 16% | 41% | ||
| Falcons Wins | 1% | 4% | 15% | 6% | 5% | 12% | 16% | 41% | ||
| Forty-Niners49ers (7‑4) vs Panthers (6‑5) |
0 | Forty-Niners49ers Wins | 1% | 4% | 16% | 5% | 4% | 11% | 18% | 40% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 4% | 15% | 6% | 5% | 12% | 16% | 41% | ||
| Panthers Wins | 1% | 5% | 15% | 6% | 7% | 12% | 13% | 41% | ||