<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=2hDcYP_0wBONO8L00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2hDcYP_0wBONO8L00" width="2048" height="1365" ><figcaption>(Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images)</figcaption></figure>Over the past two weeks, the Detroit Lions have been on a roll, especially on the offensive side of the football, with consecutive wins against the Seattle Seahawks and Dallas Cowboys, when they scored 89 points to their opponents’ total of 38.At this point, the Lions look like the team that made it to the NFC Championship Game last season and gave the San Francisco 49ers all they could handle before Brock Purdy and company advanced to the Super Bowl to face the Kansas City Chiefs.The Lions are coming off their most impressive win of the season as they crushed Dak Prescott’s squad from start to finish, which put the league on notice that Detroit could be the best team in the conference, if not the entire NFL, right now.Perhaps the most telling admission about the Lions’ current status came from 49ers stars George Kittle and Deebo Samuel, who both agreed Detroit looks like the best team in the conference heading into Week 7.“I think they are playing the best, so yes, right now, it seems like it,” Kittle said, via B/R Gridiron. “… If they can stay playing at that level for the rest of the season, goodness gracious, watch out everybody.”<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true">Kittle and Deebo both had to give the <a href="https://twitter.com/Lions?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Lions</a> props for playing the best ball in the NFC right now 💐 <a href="https://t.co/yg6scCjiYc">pic.twitter.com/yg6scCjiYc</a>— B/R Gridiron (@brgridiron) <a href="https://twitter.com/brgridiron/status/1846984924395380862?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 17, 2024</a><input type="image" src="empty.gif" style="opacity:0" onerror="s=document.createElement(&quot;script&quot;);s.src=&quot;https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js&quot;;document.body.appendChild(s);"></blockquote>If Jared Goff and the Lions offense, which showcases the two-headed monster of David Montgomery and Jahmyr Gibbs at running back, can continue to fire on all cylinders, Detroit would be the clear favorite to go the distance in the conference, unless the division-rival Minnesota Vikings prove to be the real deal.It’ll be interesting to see which teams are left standing when the NFC Championship Game rolls around.</div></body>

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George Kittle Names Another Team As Best In NFC

Over the past two weeks, the Detroit Lions have been on a roll, especially on the offensive side of the football, with consecutive wins against the Seattle Seahawks and Dallas Cowboys, when they scored 89 points to their opponents’ total of 38. At this point, the Lions look like...