It felt like for so long, the thought of the Detroit Lions playing in primetime was just something for fans in the Motor City to dream about. Other teams would see three, four, even five primetime games on their schedule at the turn of a new season, but for a while, we just had the Thanksgiving Day game in Detroit as far as national audiences were concerned.
However, under this new era of Lions football, all that has changed. Their Week 15 matchup against the Denver Broncos on Saturday night at Ford Field will be their fourth of the season (with a fifth vs.