WORET NIGHTMARE: Detroit Lions head coach Dan Campbell signed new QB worth $120million….

ALLEN PARK — The Lions are on a bit of a heater, winning five times in six weeks to creep back into the playoff picture. Only the 1970 Cincinnati Bengals have come all the way back from a 1-6 start to make the postseason, but by God, the Lions are three or four wins away from doing it.

Now they’ve become one of the talks of the league, and Dan Campbell too.

We start there in this week’s mailbag. Thanks as always to everyone who fired off questions. Couldn’t come close to answering them all, but we’ll be back next week. Questions can be tweeted here or emailed to kmeinke@mlive.com.

A: Who would top him? Nick Sirianni is the current favorite, and considering he has Philadelphia off to an NFL-best 12-1 start, sure, makes sense. Mike McDaniel has a good case too. So does Kevin O’Connell, who has Minnesota on the precipice of a division championship in his first season at the wheel.

But Detroit trailed the Vikings for only 22 seconds in two games, and just kicked the [this-is-a-family-publication] out of them in the second meeting. All of which has come in the second year of a total rebuild that wasn’t supposed to start paying off until next season. Just last month, they fired their defensive backs coach because their pass defense was the worst in the league by every measure and then some, then traded their Pro Bowl tight end to Minnesota a day later. Yikes. And they’re 5-1 since.

Now they’ve gone from the worst team in the league to one of the NFL’s hottest. If they were to win out, that’d be a 9-1 finish from a team that was coming off back-to-back-to-back-to-back seasons where they were dead last, before starting this one 1-6 too. They’re also doing it with a quarterback that was left for dead by Los Angeles, and a defense that is starting four rookies.

Campbell probably needs three or four more wins to edge out Sirianni, whose team has lost just once all year. But if they do it, yeah, Campbell can start carving out a spot for the trophy on his mantle.

A: Common question, so I’m throwing it in here to direct folks to our playoff story from earlier in the week. Short answer: It’s possible to lose one game and make tAhe playoffs, but I wouldn’t recommend it.

A: From the very bottom of my heart, I think it’s possible. They’ll probably be favored in all four of their remaining games. I also wouldn’t bet on it. Their margin for error is nil, and it’s really difficult to operate like that in a league where the margins are already so narrow. All told, the Lions will have to win at least eight of their final 10 games to make the playoffs, and probably nine of their final 10. That’s so tough, no matter who is on the schedule.