You shouldn’t be surprised. The only NFC team to never even get to a Super Bowl won’t be going again this year. Minnesota’s Christmas Day win over Detroit eliminated the Lions from playoff contention and dropped the NFC North pretenders to 8-8 on the season. “It sucks,’’ Detroit quarterback Jared Goff said. “We’ll look back … Continue reading Mark Eckel’s NFL notes: No surprise as “Paper” Lions miss playoffs