Don't give a shit what the Lions did 22 years ago. New ownership and management.
And the Lions literally went on the road and beat the Jets to keep their playoff hopes alive that year.
We can do this with any team. The Eagles didn't exactly dominate the Bears, the Vikings were down 33-0 to a last place team, the Chiefs needed overtime against the worst team in the NFL, and so on.
It's weird how my stalker has been less active after he literally LOL'd at me when I listed off a bunch of games the Lions could win and have since won.
I think they should give home field advantage to the team with the better record. Keep the seeding the same, division winners get the 1-4 seeds but a division winner is not guaranteed home field. I think that would really only apply to the 4-5 matchup. I think it would be rare the 6th seed has more wins than the 3 seed.
I look at the schedule for Washington, Seattle and New York and do not see either of them going 3-0. I very much see the Lions capable of going 3-0. This game against the Jets was a test. They went on the road in December against a good team fighting to stay in the playoffs and won. The game I worry the most about is Green Bay. Hopefully they already clinch by then.
I think in some ways we want the Giants to win to keep pressure on Dallas since Dallas faces Washington at the end of the season. Dallas will want that 5th seed.