If the Lions beat Green Bay on Thursday, I think they run the table to get to 9-7, because their schedule is very favorable, and that should be good enough for a Wild Card.
Agreed. Nearly everyone above and below Caldwell in coaching and management has been replaced, and the players have been saying, hey, this is the NFL, it can happen to any of us. And they've been frustrated. Just the act of beating Green Bay, and in Lambeau to boot, destroyed a massive psychological barrier to their winning games, and barring crucial injuries it's easy to believe that they'll pound the crap out of them when they face them at home.