Detroit, MI
Detroit Lions vs. Los Angeles Rams live score updates, highlights, analysis
The Detroit Lions and Los Angeles Rams face off in the second NFC Wild Card game of the day. The Green Bay Packers were winners of the first, eliminating the Dallas Cowboys, the conference’s second seed.
That’s significant, because it now opens up the Lions to re-take the second-highest seed in the conference, meaning another home playoff game is on the line for them against the Rams. A win and they’ll face the winner of Monday night’s contest between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Philadelphia Eagles—and have an extra day for rest, too.
But the Rams will be no pushover. They’re one of the hottest teams in football right now, and with Matthew Stafford’s return to Detroit and Jared Goff going up against the team that discarded him, emotions will be high at Ford Field.
Speaking of Ford Field, considering this is the first home playoff game in 30 years, crowd noise will be a huge factor. Ford Field has been LOUD all season, but this is an entirely different beast. Tickets to this game were going for $500 minimum on secondary markets, meaning everyone who is in the building REALLY WANTS to be here.
Can the Lions end their playoff drought of 32 years, or will the season end with a disappointing home loss to Stafford.
We’ll be providing live updates from Detroit right here in this post. Simply come back at kickoff (around 8:10 p.m. ET) and refresh the page. Will give drive-by-drive analysis, highlights, and score updates as they come in.
See you at kickoff, and GO LIONS!