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The pain is almost over. We are in Week 17 Womens Danny Amendola Jersey , but in a Week 17 as painful as can be for Lions fans. The Lions travel to Lambeau Field to take on the Packers in a game that is being played for nothing more than pride. The Lions are in shambles, and after putting cornerback DeShawn Shead on reserve-injured this week and ruling No. 2 corner Nevin Lawson out for Sunday’s game, they’re signing anyone with cleats at this point. If the Lions don’t want to look like the defense that got exposed on primetime against the New York Jets in Week 1, they’ll need to up their game. Bold prediction of the week: Teez Tabor holds Aaron Rodgers to <100 passer rating when targeted SundayThis wouldn’t exactly be bold for anyone else, as Matthew Stafford, who has cemented himself as QB 10-12 in this league, has a career high passer rating of 99.3. Aaron Rodgers playing with a newly inspired Packers team has potential to do much more damage, however. It’s important to also remember that this is Teez Tabor we’re talking about; he’s a corner whose best recorded 40-yard dash was above a 4.6, and he’s likely being thrust into the role of No. 2 cornerback on Sunday. Nobody who runs a 4.6, no matter the position, should be in any NFL team’s top two cornerbacks. The Teez Tabor experiment hasn’t panned out at all. He’s been repeatedly scorched in coverage in the few times he has seen game action this season Golden Tate III Jersey , and the rest of the time he has played his way into being a healthy scratch. Matt Patricia will have no choice but to give him playing time Sunday given the state of the depth chart. It’s worth noting that this could be a make or break game for Tabor—that is, if he hasn’t hit the ‘break’ point already. Tabor has been a thorough letdown for any drafted corner, let alone a second-round pick. There has been a lot of talk of the Lions moving on from the failed experiment after only two years this offseason and, barring a large uptick in performance level, Sunday could seal the deal. I usually spend the meat of this weekly piece detailing why the bold prediction is likely to play out, but I’ve really got nothing. Teez Tabor is hanging on to this team by a thread, and if the pressure isn’t enough to ratchet up his play Sunday to a level that inspires optimism, then this very well could be Tabor’s last game in a Lions uniform. CINCINNATI (AP)Marvin Lewis showed up for his first news conference as the Bengals head coach in 2003 wearing his Baltimore Ravens Super Bowl ring.Every time he waved his right hand, the 200 diamonds gleamed yellow and white in the bright television lights.It was more than an eye-catching fashion statement. Lewis was setting the bar high for himself and his team.”It’s for a reason,” Lewis said. ”What I’m going to hammer home to our guys is that we’re not that far away.”Fifteen years later, postseason success is even farther away for the Bengals http://www.lionslockerroom.com/authentic-deshawn-shead-jersey , who haven’t won a playoff game since the 1990 season.Yet Lewis is still in Cincinnati, getting another chance – his 16th and counting – to deliver on the optimism he flashed that January day so long ago. He has the second-longest current tenure in the NFL, trailing only New England’s Bill Belichick, who has won five Super Bowls.It’s highly unusual for a coach to stay with any team so long, something that Lewis fully appreciates.”I think a lot of people talk about it quite a bit,” Lewis said. ”I know coaches do. I think everybody aspires to do that.”In the quick-to-change NFL, it’s shocking for a coach to stay with a team so long with so little success. The Bengals have reached the playoffs seven times in Lewis’ 15 seasons, losing every time. They made the playoffs five straight seasons from 2011-15 and lost in the first round each time, setting an NFL record with their five straight quick exits.Lewis’ 0-7 coaching mark in the playoffs is the worst for any coach in NFL history. Yet, he got a two-year contract extension at the end of last season from owner Mike Brown, who is averse to change and thinks Lewis has done a good job despite the results. The Bengals are coming off back-to-back losing seasons.”We remember the five previous seasons we got to the playoffs http://www.lionslockerroom.com/authentic-tavon-wilson-jersey ,” Brown said. ”I don’t think there’s convincing evidence we can’t get the job done around here. I think it’s to the contrary. And we’ll see how it turns out.”I put my bet down and I’m going to ride on it, and people can judge when it’s run its course.”As another losing season wound down last year, Lewis was uncertain about whether he’d return. The Bengals beat the Lions and the Ravens to finish the season at 7-9, and Brown was convinced to stick with him for two more years.”They were high-level teams giving it their best effort, and we beat both of them,” said Brown of two teams that finished 9-7 and missed the playoffs. The Lions fired Jim Caldwell after the season.The Bengals finished last in the league on offense – a franchise first – and the defense slipped to 30th in the league against the run, its worst ranking since 1998. Brown thinks the team came close to having a successful season, and he held his index finger and thumb a half-inch apart to make his point.”Sometimes we fell short by about that far,” he said. ”Nobody wants to remember that, either. We know that we have to do better – believe, me Jalen Reeves-Maybin Jersey White , we know it. But I think we’re in the situation where we can rebound best, rebound quickest with Marvin.”EIFERT OUT: Tight end Tyler Eifert was among a group of players who worked out on a side field Thursday while the rest of the team practiced. Eifert was limited to two games last season because of a recurring back problem that required surgery. He signed a one-year contract for 2018 and missed minicamp. Eifert declined to comment as he left the field. Linebacker Vontaze Burfict also worked out on the side field. He’ll miss the first four games of the season on a suspension for violating the NFL’s policy on performance-enhancers.NOT YET READY: Receiver Devonte Boyd, cornerback Davontae Harris, H-back Ryan Hewitt, guard Christian Westerman and safety Tyrice Beverette also are being held out of practice as they recover from injuries. In addition, the Bengals put offensive tackle Javarius Leamon on the list of players who didn’t report for camp, and they signed receiver Jared Murphy.FIRST INJURY: Guard Rod Taylor injured his right knee during practice and was taken off the field on a cart. Taylor is a seventh-round pick from Mississippi.—