This evening, the Detroit Lions help wrap up the NFL’s second-to-last week of the 2024 regular season, putting a bow on week 17 with a road game against the San Francisco 49ers on Monday Night Football. The results of Sunday’s games mean that Detroit has little to nothing to play for tonight, with next week’s game against the Minnesota Vikings putting the NFC North title and the conference’s #1 seed on the line.
There is one extremely minor caveat for playoff seeding that tonight’s game does affect. Whether the Lions win or lose tonight determines who would win the NFC North if next week’s matchup ends in a tie.