Looking at the rest of the current top teams in the NFL and their records against teams that currently hold a winning record:

  • Eagles (9-1) are 4-0

  • Ravens (8-3) are 4-2

  • Chiefs (7-3) are 3-2

  • 49ers (7-3) are 3-2

  • Jaguars (7-3) are 1-3

  • Cowboys (7-3) are 0-2

  • Dolphins (7-3) are 0-3

Part of the Lions’s low record against winning teams is due to a weaker NFC North this season (although Vikings currently hold a winning record and Lions have yet to play them). But it still stands that the Lions have had a relatively weaker schedule this year, and have not defeated a team with a current winning record since Week 1.

This stands to change with upcoming games against the Vikings (6-5) and Cowboys (7-3), as well as possibly the Broncos and Saints (5-5) depending on how their records turn out.

  • Reasonable_Emu_2636BEnglish
    1·
    10 months ago

    When we beat the Chargers, they were .500.

    When we beat the Bucs, they were 3-1.

    When we beat the Falcons they were 2-0

    When we beat the Packers they were 2-1.

    I despise this stat

    • spazmo_warriorBEnglish
      1·
      10 months ago

      Despise the stat all you want. “ were” is the keyword. The body of work for these teams this season has them with a losing record.

      • Reasonable_Emu_2636BEnglish
        1·
        10 months ago

        Yeah… and it’s a silly stat on its face. It acts like teams don’t have ebbs and flows throughout the season.

  • jcfan4uBEnglish
    1·
    10 months ago

    The team with only 1 win this year (1-9), has more wins against teams with winning record than the Dolphins and Cowboys lol.

  • boogswaldBEnglish
    1·
    10 months ago

    Blog boys are salivating at this post - it’s gonna be a topic on every podcast now

  • OptimisticRealist__BEnglish
    1·
    10 months ago

    Lions are a good team.

    Lions are also overrated and benefitted an awful lot from being in the NFC, which is a joke of a conference.

    Both things can be true

  • Thel_OdanBEnglish
    1·
    10 months ago

    Sometimes you just get lucky.

    But even though I absolutely snort lines of Kool-aid, I know that the Lions aren’t quite a Super Bowl team yet. They’re better than they have been in fucking ages, but they still have some work to do.

  • spazmo_warriorBEnglish
    1·
    10 months ago

    I hope you crossposted this to r/nfcnorthmemewar, this will have the honolulu blue faithful downvoting you to oblivion.

  • polynomialsBEnglish
    1·
    10 months ago

    Yes the Lions have had an easier schedule, which was expected to be the case earlier in the season.

  • Subby13BEnglish
    1·
    10 months ago

    I can’t overstate how much they should’ve lost to the Bears. Teams were 48-0 with a +3 turnover margin and 40 minutes of possession before we fucked it up.

  • That_MurphBEnglish
    1·
    10 months ago

    Don’t want to be a negative Nancy but I’m pretty sure that the next 4 weeks will flip one of those 2 teams’ record…