To say the Detroit Lions’ season has been a disappointment is an understatement. Dan Campbell’s squad entered the season as one of the favourites to win the Super Bowl and hungry after falling short last season in the NFC Divisional game.

The Browns (3-10) have dropped five of their last six games, falling to the Patriots (32-13), Jets (27-20) and Ravens (23-16), beating the Raiders (24-10) and then losing to the 49ers (26-8) and Titans (31-29). Cleveland is 1-5 on the road this season.

NFL reporter Omar Ruiz previews several Week 15 matchups on 'The Insiders'.

Next, Nate & Charles dive into their Slop Watch picks, including Philip Rivers and the Indianapolis Colts taking on the monster Seattle Seahawks defense and the Miami Dolphins trying to play spoiler against the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Seattle's Jaxon Smith-Njigba is chasing Calvin Johnson's single-season receiving yards record. He leads the NFL with 1,336 receiving yards, which is almost as much as all of the Falcons' receivers combined (1,431).

The NFL GameDay Morning team previews the current NFL playoff picture and discusses possibilities and outcomes.

It's not a great matchup for Thursday night, though it has playoff implications for the Buccaneers and perhaps some future ramifications for the Falcons. It's the type of game that probably should have been flexed out of prime time, though the NFL had its best intentions when it scheduled it in May.