When a 1-11-1 team like the Lions under a fiery first year head coach Dan Campbell have a chance to take on a team like the 10-3 Cardinals at home after playing in so many hard-fought competitive games, the game becomes, in essence, their Super Bowl.
In Kliff Kingsbury’s first year as head coach he took his last place team up to Seattle to play the division leading Seahawks who were trying to lock down the #1 seed in the NFC and the Cardinals dominated the time of possession and the game. That game in 2019 was, in essence, the Cardinals’ Super Bowl.