Calvin Johnson has said that the Detroit Lions have improved their team chemistry this season.

The NFC North side have reached the playoffs just once since drafting the wide receiver in 2007.

The 28-year-old told the team's website: "I would definitely say we need to win this game. I know the feeling from years past, going into the bye week on a loss. The feeling of not wanting to do anything, all you can do is think about the next game, but it doesn't come for two weeks instead of just a week. It's definitely a game that we need to take advantage of.

"One good thing is that this is easily the best team I've been on as far chemistry goes. We finally have a roundtable with a group of leaders on the team. We come together, we make decisions and, based on those decisions that are made, we pass those along to our meeting rooms.

"Everybody's on the same page. I think that, as far as chemistry goes, there's still room to grow, but we're a lot better than we have been in the past."

The Lions face the Dallas Cowboys tomorrow.