Dave Dameshek

At number two, a big game on both sides of the ledger, AFC and NFC, the Pittsburgh Steelers at the Detroit Lions.

The Lions, of course, lost Ben Johnson and Aaron Glenn and desperately need this one.

And I have a hunch the Steelers.

no matter what goes on the rest of the way here, are entering a new, similar era themselves.

Why else would Adam Schefter tweet out, the Pittsburgh Steelers are not going to fire Mike Tomlin, but they do have a significant decision to make early next year based on the option year in his contract, sources tell ESPN.

Here are the options.

Here are the possibilities of those sources.

The worldwide leader's transcriber-in-chief says,

last seen running cover for his pal Sharon Moore, suddenly found God and is now pouring over the fine print in the contracts.

I don't think anybody thinks that.

Or, like I say, someone told him that.

And who would do that other than someone in the Steelers organization or maybe the agent of a coach who wants the gig if Mike Tomlin does go?

Add this to the intrigue.

I highly doubt Ryan Clark, who is tied in close with a number of people in the Steelers organization, would say, I believe this marriage between the Steelers and Tomlin is...

is in the stage where they're both discussing if it's the best thing for them as a couple.

I don't think he would say that sitting on the field in Accra Shore on Monday night if he didn't have conversations that indicated that was the case.

Either way, the Lions laying 7.

51.5 is your total.

I think Detroit gets it in a game that they just pretty much got to have to stay alive.

33-24.