At 11-1, making the playoffs is a foregone conclusion for the Detroit Lions. But it's still nice, especially for this team, to have an official playoff-clinching scenario with five weeks left in the season.

While the Detroit Lions didn't play Sunday, they did remain atop the NFC standings and still share the best record in the entire league. Detroit, which played on Thanksgiving, broke a seven-game holiday slide and edged the Chicago Bears, 23-20. The Lions hadn't won on Thanksgiving since 2016.

The Philadelphia Eagles (10-2) defeated the Baltimore Ravens (8-5) Sunday, keeping pace with the Detroit Lions (11-1) in the race for the NFC’s No. 1 seed. There is only one path where the Eagles win a tiebreaker against the Lions with a 15-2 record — win out and root for Detroit to lose against an NFC team.

Normally the odds for a Thursday night game don’t get published until after Sunday’s game, but this is an unusual time. Since both combatants for the Week 14 Thursday night game, the Lions and Packers, played on Thanksgiving, the odds are already out.

We're just hit December and that means it's time to start talking about playoffs and which teams could be in and which teams could be out. For the Detroit Lions, a playoff spot is almost completely settled in at this point.

It’s time for a look at the updated NFL playoff picture now that all NFC teams are done playing in Week 13. The Philadelphia Eagles helped themselves by beating the Baltimore Ravens. They remain in contention for the No.