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Detroit Lions -1 5.5* NFL POD
The Lions have very quietly played the best football down the stretch going 5-2, and completely turning their season around after a 1-7 start. Matthew Stafford has been extremely impressive with a 16 to 2 TD/INT ratio since the Lions fired Joe Lombardi as offensive coordinator. Sometimes you see these moves that make absolutely no difference, but it was clear the offense was not responding to Lombardi. Even at 5-2 the Lions should have been 7-0 when you consider how they lost those two games. A hail mary by Rodgers, and I thought they had out played the Rams earlier this month as well.

The Lions also likely playing for their head coach here. Jim Caldwell on the hot seat where John Fox is not and I think that’s a huge difference in this match up that gives the Lions the edge. One of the leaders in the Lions locker room made it very obvious that the Lions players want Caldwell back. Calvin Johnson is arguably the biggest name on the Lions and I expect that when he comes out and says something in the public that it’s pretty much the majority feeling of the team. Johnson stating – “Love him. Everybody in the locker room would probably say the same thing. He commands respect.. Guys gravitate towards him.”
The Lions are just playing better right now, and the Bears do not own a home field advantage going 8-22-1 ATS at home since the start of the 2011 season and are 1-6 at home this season