Last week: 9 (+0)

Record: 6-3

The Lions are 6-3 and could easily be favored in their final 7 games, unless Aaron Rodgers somehow comes back for their Thanksgiving game, which is unlikely. Unless they get complacent and flop down the stretch, this is the clear favorite to win the NFC North and end up in the 3 seed in the NFC. They could easily go from 4-12 to 12-4 and they haven’t actually played much better. Last season, they were killed by turnovers (-16), inability to recover fumbles (32.6%), return touchdowns (-10 touchdowns), and inability to win close games (3-8 in games decided by a touchdown or less). This year, they are +1 in turnovers, recover 39.1% of fumbles (which will probably still improve going forward), +1 in return touchdowns, and 3-2 in games decided by a touchdown or less. The narrative is that they’ve learned how to be a less sloppy team, but, at the end of the day, those things are all very random.

Week 10 Studs

QB Matt Stafford

RT LaAdrian Waddle

DT Ndamukong Suh

MLB Stephen Tulloch

Week 10 Duds

CB Darius Slay

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