Sunday’s results really took the air and excitement out of the Detroit Lions’ Week 17 matchup. All week, this game had been billed not only as an opportunity for the Lions to potentially clinch the NFC’s top seed, but Detroit could also avenge their NFC Championship loss from last year by taking it to a San Francisco 49ers team that is already out of the playoffs.
But the minute the Minnesota Vikings defeated the Green Bay Packers on Sunday afternoon, the excitement of this game was sucked out of the room.