The Detroit Lions and Philadelphia Eagles might be the two best teams in the NFC, if not the entire NFL. A year after each contender logged at least 14 wins en route to the playoffs, the Super Bowl hopefuls are finally going head to head in a prime-time contest.

This is especially the case when you look at the performance of Detroit's offensive line against the 49ers. For Week 1, the Lions ended up with the sixth-best run-blocking grade from Pro Football Focus. And, on a big-time positive note for the franchise ...

Williams now has two straight games with a touchdown since offensive coordinator John Morton made the comments that Detroit needed to do a better job of getting Williams more opportunities. Williams is over 100 yards and has scored in both games since the Week 8 bye and in three out of four games after scoring just once in the first five games.

Sam LaPorta was placed on injured reserve Saturday afternoon with a back injury, sidelining him for at least four games for the Detroit Lions.