The goal has been simplified, and for good reason.

Two years ago, the Detroit Lions came a whisker away from making their first ever Super Bowl. They won the NFC North, built a 17-point halftime lead in the NFC championship game and watched it come crashing down in an avalanche of inexplicable mistakes.

Last year, they spent the regular season chasing the No. 1 seed in the NFC playoffs, got it by winning a franchise-record 15 games, then petered out in the postseason when their injury problems became too much to overcome.

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