Welcome to fall! The food tastes better, the beer tastes better, the football tastes better too. It’s a beautiful trick of the imagination, savoring in decay; leaves dying, winter encroaching and yet your taste buds are getting satiated—gourmandry at the end of the world. Also, the NFL trade deadline is little more than three weeks away.
The Detroit Lions has feasted well these past five games, jumping to a 4-1 start and planting their paws on the NFC North lead. By all statistical means and nerd-math, they’re sitting in a comfortable computational position to make the playoffs.