For the fourth straight season, the Detroit Lions will not be participating in the NFL playoffs. With Sunday’s 46-25 blowout loss to the Tennessee Titans, the Lions fell to 5-9 on the season, guaranteeing their third losing record in as many years. Mathematically speaking, there is no possible route to the postseason. It’s over.
That does mean the Lions will have a pick in the top 18 of the 2021 NFL draft, and given the way things are going, it will likely be in the top half of that group.