The Lions only lost by 3 to Philly last year and we played them early in the year, before James Houston was on the roster, before Kerby Joseph became a starter and with rookies starting at multiple positions on the defense, trying to get acclimated to the NFL. Not say it would have been different later in the year, but Detroit has a chance to compete with Philly.
We put up 400 yards of offense and 35 points on Philly. With our whole offense back, sans Chark, and the addition of our top 2 CB's, Cam Sutton from Pitt and Moselely from SF, to go along with Gardner-Johnson and a new MLB in Jack Campbell. I think Detroit has a shot to meet Philly in the NFC championship game.
I will say this -- Swift was made to play for Philly. He picked his jersey number and switched from 32 he wore in Detroit to 0. When asked why he chose the number 0 to wear for Philly, he said, "That is the number of times Dallas has been to the NFC championship game since I've been alive.