Playing in the biggest regular season game of the NFL season was not on Za'Darius Smith's radar at the start of the season, but he's ready to embrace the opportunity Sunday night against his former team.
Smith, a midseason trade acquisition before the Week 10 trade deadline, will line up on the edge of the defensive line for the Detroit Lions in the Week 18 showdown against the Minnesota Vikings, one of his four former teams before Detroit.
The winner of the Lions-Vikings showdown will earn the NFC top seed and win the NFC North.