For the past couple months, the Detroit Lions have been the NFL’s cinderella story. At 1-6, the Lions’ playoff chances were holding below one percent, but after a 6-1 run, they were hovering around 40 percent headed into Christmas weekend. After they blew Saturday’s game against the Carolina Panthers, a new come-from-behind story is emerging, and it’s one no one in Detroit wants to see.
Just a few weeks ago, the Green Bay Packers were 4-8, and everyone had declared their season dead. Since then, though, just about everything has fallen the Packers’ way.