The Detroit Lions and the Chicago Bears are tied atop the NFC North this season and the team is coming off of a solid win against the Cleveland Browns last week and on Sunday in Week 7 they will take on the Cincinnati Bengals at Ford Field in a Game that will be on at 1:00 PM.
The Lions have been putting up some great offensive numbers and they are facing off against a Bengals defense that ranked in the top 15 in both passing and rushing yards per game. Matthew Stafford has some very good numbers with 1,772 yards and 12 touchdowns and the team ranks sixth overall in the league with nearly 300 passing yards per game and adding Reggie Bush has given the team more of a rushing game this season. Bush has over 350 yards rushing and has also been a big factor in the passing game, making 20 catches to rank second on the team with 261 yards and two touchdowns. Calvin Johnson has been banged up a bit over the past couple weeks, but he still has put up solid numbers with 24 catches for 337 yards and four TDs this year.
The Lions come into the game after starting the season 4-2 and the team was previously 3-1 this year before losing to the Packers on the road in a dominating game 22-9, but they rebounded nicely against the Browns, winning 31-17 last weekend on road. The team returns home for the next two games against the Bengals and then the Dallas Cowboys before hitting the bye week. The team comes out of it with two road matchups against the Chicago Bears and then against the Pittsburgh Steelers and then the team has back to back road games against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Green Bay Packers in another tough divisional matchup.
The team will hit the road again for the Philadelphia Eagles and then will be home against the Baltimore Ravens in a national game on ESPN for Monday Night Football before playing the short week against the New York Giants. The Giants are terrible this season, but by that time they could be better and then they will finish the year with the Vikings on the road in another divisional game. The Bengals are coming into the game with the same record and they have won two straight games, including last week in overtime against the Bills and before that they won against the Patriots in a nice win.
The game against the Lions is on CBS at 1:00 pm on Sunday from Ford Field for the Cincinnati Bengals in Detroit.