The Detroit Lions shed their laughingstock label over the previous two seasons. They just missed the playoffs in the 2022 season and then nearly reached the first Super Bowl in franchise history last season, winning the NFC North and reaching the conference championship game before squandering a 17-point lead to lose to the San Francisco 49ers.

Detroit is the best team in the NFL, a covering machine, and it has a +177 point differential, which is 71 higher than the next team (Eagles). Of its last eight games (8-0), only two of them have come by single digits. The Bears and Lions are tied for third in the NFL in turnover margin (+9) and weirdly, Chicago is 4-7.

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The NFL contenders are starting to separate from the pretenders. The Green Bay Packers (8-3) easily took care of business against the San Francisco 49ers (5-6) on Sunday and the Detroit Lions (10-1) dominated the Indianapolis Colts (5-7).

The Lions kept rolling in Week 12, scoring a 24-6 win over the Indianapolis Colts to move to 10-1 and extending their win streak to nine games. It’s Detroit’s best start since 1934. After taking the top spot in most media power rankings last week,

Those three teams are a combined 27-6 on the season after they all posted victories Sunday, giving that division three of the top four records in the NFC (the Philadelphia Eagles are 9-2).Start the day smarter.