Lions have won five of six to get into Wild Card hunt
“Math majors make great play callers.”
That quote from Michael Lombardi is about Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson, who is getting a lot of credit for the unbelievable turnaround from Detroit this season (and was a math major at North Carolina). Jared Goff not only looks like an NFL quarterback, but one of the better ones in the league and the Lions have scored 19 rushing touchdowns, trailing only the Philadelphia Eagles and Dallas Cowboys.
What are the other contributing factors to the Lions’ success? Is it sustainable? Could this be a playoff team? Take it away, Patrick Meagher and Michael Lombardi: