I know there's a good amount of Detroit Lions fans who have already given up on this season, but I also know there's a good amount of fans who just don't have that gear in them.

The Lions still have the head-to-head tiebreaker over the Bears and will play them again in Week 18, meaning if they can make up one game between Week 14 and Week 17 they could still be in a position to surpass them, as long as the Packers haven't taken the division lead by then.

Add in the concussion suffered by Thomas Harper on Thursday night and the knee injury that has kept All-Pro Kerby Joseph out for the last seven games, and the Lions are in a dire spot with their safety room entering the most critical stretch of the season. Starting cornerback Terrion Arnold was also placed on injured reserve this week.

7. Buffalo Bills (8-4), wild card No. 3: They got back into the win column at Pittsburgh, thus hanging on to the AFC's final projected wild-card spot. A 5-3 record in conference games leaves Buffalo behind the Chargers and Colts in the wild-card seeding. Remaining schedule: vs. Bengals, at Patriots, at Browns, vs. Eagles, vs. Jets

It wasn't quite a must-win game for the Detroit Lions, but they certainly played like it. The Lions were coming off a 27-24 home loss to the Minnesota Vikings on Nov. 2, wasting an opportunity to take the top spot in the division. However, the win puts ...