The Detroit Lions don’t realistically have any postseason hopes to play for in the remaining six games of their 2020 season, but Thursday is an opportunity to avoid national embarrassment. It will be Detroit’s only opportunity to play to a national audience this year, and so pride will be on the line.
Luckily for Detroit, they will be facing off against a Houston Texans team that is in just about as much despair as the Lions are. Their abrasive head coach similarly drove away talented players, and they’re left with a team that has little resemblance to the team that saw some minor success a few years ago.