As the Detroit Lions watched the Los Angeles Rams celebrate a clinched playoff berth on Sunday, they were forced to reckon with their own reality with three games left.

D.J. Reed slams the door on Dak Prescott and the Cowboys with an interception -- after Al-Quadin Muhammad recorded his third sack of the night -- and the Lions come away with a huge 44-30 victory over the Cowboys to keep their playoff hopes alive at 8-5, while the Cowboys hopes are razor thin, as they fall to 6-6-1.

With the Bears and Packers facing off at 4:25 p.m. ET, the Lions will inch closer to one of them. If the Bears win, the Lions will be a half-game back of the Packers. If Green Bay wins, the Lions will only be a game back of Chicago—with a big Lions/Bears game looming in Week 18.

Well, it means Lions fans should be rooting for the Packers to sweep the Bears and beat them again in two weeks to bolster their playoff odds.

Let's run through the standings, tiebreakers, odds, remaining schedules and wild card picture for these three squads.

GREEN BAY, Wis. – During Green Bay Packers coach Matt LaFleur’s postgame news conference following a 23-6 victory over the Minnesota Vikings, his eyes were focused on the television showing overtime between the New York Giants and Detroit Lions.

The Bengals were shut out at home by the Ravens on Sunday, 24-0. However, that’s only what the scoreboard said. There were more winners and losers than just the two teams on the field at Paycor Stadium.

Matthew Stafford passed for 368 yards and hit Colby Parkinson for two touchdowns, and the NFC-leading Los Angeles Rams clinched a playoff berth with a furious second-half rally for a 41-34 victory ove