The Detroit Lions and Dallas Cowboys are the top two teams in the hunt for an NFC wild card and are still holding on to hopes to compete for division championships.

It was Week 9 and the Lions were a surprising 5-2 after beating the likes of the Seahawks, Packers, Vikings, Panthers, and Bucs (all five finished .500 or better in 1999) with a home date against the more-surprising Rams at 6-1.

An updated look at Detroit's playoff chances and what to watch for and who to root for in Week 15 action to boost those odds.

7. Buffalo Bills (8-4), wild card No. 3: They got back into the win column at Pittsburgh, thus hanging on to the AFC's final projected wild-card spot. A 5-3 record in conference games leaves Buffalo behind the Chargers and Colts in the wild-card seeding. Remaining schedule: vs. Bengals, at Patriots, at Browns, vs. Eagles, vs. Jets

The long wait for playoff football in Detroit is finally over. When the Lions take the field Sunday, it will be the first playoff game they've hosted at Ford Field and the first one hosted by the organization since Jan. 8, 1994. It will be against the ...