NFL · 2026
Detroit Lions3rd NFC North - .500 pct vMon 28 Dec, 8:15 PM EST New York Giants1st NFC East - .750 pct
Match resultDetroit 60%Tie <1%Giants 39%
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 10% 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 21 points in the Playoffs race.
Detroit Lions
Playoffs39%
Division13%
Conferenceseason odds3%
Super Bowlseason odds1%
Byeseason odds3%
New York Giants
Playoffs47%
Division34%
Conferenceseason odds3%
Super Bowlseason odds1%
Byeseason odds4%
Detroit winPlayoffsDetroit Lions39%37%▼ -2New York Giants47%37%▼ -10
TiePlayoffsDetroit Lions39%29%▼ -10New York Giants47%48%▲ +1
Giants winPlayoffsDetroit Lions39%16%▼ -23New York Giants47%58%▲ +11
The race they're in
Two races at once: their division, and the wild card behind it.
NFC East · winner qualifies direct
DivisionW-L-TPCTGB
1GiantsDivision34%3-1-0.750-2PhiladelphiaDivision33%2-2-0.50013DallasDivision24%2-2-0.5001NFC North · winner qualifies direct
DivisionW-L-TPCTGB
1MinnesotaDivision55%4-0-01.000-2ChicagoDivision22%3-1-0.75013DetroitDivision13%2-2-0.5002The wild card · top 7 in the NFC qualify
PlayoffsW-L-TPCTWCGB
4GiantsPlayoffs47%3-1-0.7507CarolinaPlayoffs47%2-2-0.500Playoff line
8AtlantaPlayoffs51%2-2-0.5009DetroitPlayoffs39%2-2-0.500