It’s been a long time since the Detroit Lions were .500 in December. Five years, to be exact.
The road to 7-7 was not easily traveled by Dan Campbell’s Lions, but they flipped the 1-6 start into a 6-1 run to get there. The latest win was the most dramatic of the bunch, too.
Sunday’s 20-17 win over the Jets in New York showed a new kind of Lions team. Given the chance to lose, instead they found a pathway to a very close win over a similarly talented, rising Jets team.
Here are some quick takeaways from Sunday’s nail-biting win by the Lions over the Jets.