CHICAGO — The Detroit Lions remain a long shot to snap their three-year playoff drought, but after beating the Chicago Bears, 34-30 — for their second win since Oct. 25 — Matthew Stafford said not to count the Lions out.
“That was (interim coach Darrell Bevell’s) first message to our team, was, 'Hey guys, we're two games back of Arizona with five to play. There's a lot of football left. And Denver just played a game with no quarterback, so who knows what's going to happen,'” Stafford said. “We just got to go out there and continue to play, continue to work with a great attitude, be ready to have some fun while we do it, and go out there and turn it loose on Sundays.