NFL · 2026
Detroit Lions3rd NFC North - .500 pct vSun 22 Nov, 1:00 PM EST Tampa Bay Buccaneers4th NFC South - .000 pct
Match resultDetroit 73%Tie <1%Tampa Bay 27%
What this game means
The three ways this game can go. Pick a result to see where it leaves every race each club is in.
At projected kickoff, this game is expected to move their regular-season chances by 3% on average. The result scenarios below are conditional on today's forecast cutoff, showing where each result leads from this forecast.
The result is worth up to 15 points in the Playoffs race.
Detroit Lions
Playoffs39%
Division13%
Conferenceseason odds3%
Super Bowlseason odds1%
Byeseason odds3%
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Playoffs9%
Division7%
Detroit winPlayoffsDetroit Lions39%32%▼ -7Tampa Bay Buccaneers9%<1%▼ -9
TiePlayoffsDetroit Lions39%27%▼ -12Tampa Bay Buccaneers9%1%▼ -8
Tampa Bay winPlayoffsDetroit Lions39%17%▼ -22Tampa Bay Buccaneers9%1%▼ -8
The race they're in
Two races at once: their division, and the wild card behind it.
NFC North · winner qualifies direct
DivisionW-L-TPCTGB
1MinnesotaDivision55%4-0-01.000-2ChicagoDivision22%3-1-0.75013DetroitDivision13%2-2-0.5002NFC South · winner qualifies direct
DivisionW-L-TPCTGB
1CarolinaDivision38%2-2-0.500-2AtlantaDivision40%2-2-0.500-4Tampa BayDivision7%0-4-0.0002The wild card · top 7 in the NFC qualify
PlayoffsW-L-TPCTWCGB
7CarolinaPlayoffs47%2-2-0.500Playoff line
8AtlantaPlayoffs51%2-2-0.5009DetroitPlayoffs39%2-2-0.50016Tampa BayPlayoffs9%0-4-0.000