Jim Schwartz is unlikely to survive as head coach of the Detroit Lions if they miss the playoffs.

The Lions have made the playoffs in just of his four seasons to date with the lone berth coming in 2011.

The internal belief is that the Lions have enough talent to be a playoff team.

"There are negative voices all over this business," Schwartz told NFL Media columnist Michael Silver. "Those same voices told me I was committing career suicide when I took the Lions' job, that it was unfixable and the worst in the NFL.

"There's too much for me to be positive about to buy into the negativity," he added. "I have three games for an NFC North title. I'm going to try to win them."