The Detroit Lions’ regular season comes down to this. All year, the Lions have taken care of business. They’re currently 5-0 in divisional play, 10-1 in conference play, they have the highest point differential by a significant margin, and they’ve set franchise records in wins (14), consecutive wins (11), points, and several other statistics.
Yet they’re going to need one more win to clinch the division.
Sunday night’s game between the Lions (14-2) and Minnesota Vikings (14-2) is for the NFC North, the NFC one seed, and a critical first-round bye in the playoffs.