After an exciting victory over the Los Angeles Rams in Sunday evening’s Super Wild Card recreation, the Detroit Lions’ winless postseason run has lastly come to an finish.
The Lions, enjoying their first playoff dwelling recreation in 30 years, defeated the Rams 24-23, largely because of a potent offensive first half and a strong defensive efficiency after the break.
The Lions’ triumph in the first spherical of the playoffs gave them a bonus towards former franchise quarterback Matthew Stafford. The veteran returned to Ford Field, the place he performed for the Rams for the first 12 seasons of his profession. The quarterback was chosen by the Lions with the first total choose in 2009, and was traded in January 2021 for Jared Goff and several other different draft picks.
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The Lions’ subsequent activity is a divisional spherical dwelling recreation subsequent week, both towards the Philadelphia Eagles or the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
The Lions will not discover out who they’ll play subsequent till 8:15 p.m. on Monday, when the Eagles and Buccaneers play the Wild Card recreation.
Due to the Green Bay Packers’ victory over the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday, Ford stadium, the dwelling Stadium of the Lions, will host its second consecutive playoff recreation. If that they had prevailed, the Cowboys, who had the No. 2 seed in the NFC, would have hosted the Lions in the divisional spherical.
However, as a result of the Packers managed to tug collectively a shock victory, they’ll now should go to San Francisco subsequent week to play the 49ers, who’re the prime seed. The No. 3 seed Lions will now play host to the No. 4 or No. 5 seed Buccaneers or Eagles.
When is the Lions vs Eagles/Bucs divisional spherical recreation?
The Detroit Lions had not hosted a playoff recreation in 30 years previous to their victory towards the Los Angeles Rams on Sunday evening. As a end result, they’ll solely have to attend seven days for his or her second dwelling playoff recreation in every week.
Next week, the Lions will play in the divisional spherical of the playoffs towards both the Philadelphia Eagles or the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, based mostly on who wins on Monday evening.
The recreation is scheduled for 3:00 PM on Sunday, January 21. Shortly after Jared Goff led Detroit to a 24-23 win over Matthew Stafford and the Los Angeles Rams on Sunday, the kickoff time for the subsequent spherical was declared.
Detroit is collaborating in the divisional spherical for the first time in 33 years. The 1991 squad defeated the Dallas Cowboys handily in the Divisional Round, however in the end fell quick towards the eventual Super Bowl champion Washington Redskins in the NFC Championship Game.
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