Lions and Browns playing better together than in many years

Been a long time since the Lions and Browns were this good this late

These are rare times in Detroit and Cleveland. Lions and Browns fans must be savoring them.

The Lions are 8-2 for the first time since 1962.

The Browns are 7-3.

These teams have not collectively won 7 of their first 10 games in a season since 1969.

The year also saw the New York Mets stun the Baltimore Orioles in the World Series.

The Browns finished 10-3-1.

The Lions wound up 9-4-1.

There were no wild cards back then so the Lions failed to make the playoffs, finishing behind the Minnesota Vikings.

Cleveland, which was in the NFL that year because the merger had not taken place, crushed the Dallas Cowboys in a playoff game before losing to the Vikings in the championship contest.