The NFC playoffs will run through the Motor City.
In the 272nd and final game of the 2024 regular season — one pitting two teams with 28 combined wins — the Lions clinched the No. 1 seed and a second straight NFC North title with an emphatic 31-9 victory over the Vikings Sunday night at Ford Field.
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It was a testament to what Dan Campbell has built in Detroit. At one point this season, the Lions had 21 players on injured reserve, including six defensive starters. Plenty wrote them off in the crowded race for the conference’s top spot. The Eagles would supplant them, most figured. Or maybe the red-hot Vikings.
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