It’s not enough.

One loss. Two wins by a total of eight points. Receiver Golden Tate, a Super Bowl champion last season with the Seattle Seahawks, knows what the Detroit Lions have done the past three weeks isn’t enough to succeed in the postseason.

“If we play the way we have the last few weeks, this playoff run will be short-lived,” Tate said Monday as the Lions begin to prepare for Sunday’s wild-card game against the Dallas Cowboys (4:40 p.m., Fox). So we’ve got to make sure we’re on our game. We’ve got some guys in here that know what it’s like to be a champion and know what it takes to go deep into the playoffs.”

via Carlos Monarrez of The Detroit Free Press