lordstanley

Pack scares me more than the Vikings. I expect the Lions to thump the Vikings in the final game of the season if the Lions still need a result there. I'll be cheering for the NFC South and NFC West champs to knock out both the Vikings and Packers.

I suspect London is just about the outer limit of Lions territory. Still a good amount of Tigers fans in London, the Tigers had an A-ball affiliate there for a bit in the '90s, IIRC. London is heavily Leafs territory, the number of Wings fans dwindles beyond Windsor-Chatham-Sarnia/Lambton.

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Saved By The Ducks.

You are correct. Hamilton-Niagara Falls is big Bills territory. Manitoba definitely the Vikings. It has been stated that at least 5% of Seahawks season ticket holders are from B.C.

My brother was visiting my mom in Sarnia and says Lions merch is all over town. On the shelves and on the backs of people wearing it. Lots of Bluewater Bridge traffic on gamedays from people heading over to Ford Field.

Ha, I'm an idiot. The game last night scrambled my brain.

I'm still not convinced the Lions didn't get the first down on the long pass play on 2nd down. Would at least like to have seen better replays, given how close it seemed and how huge were the ramifications. This isn't a straight-on angle and perhaps his right knee beat his left knee down. But couldn't the Lions have challenged the spot? They had timeouts to spare at that point.

You are right! 5-1 and 5-1. Why did I make that mistake? So still safe if the Lions’ only loss the rest of the way is to Buffalo, but if Lions finish 3-1 with a loss to either Chicago, SF or Minnesota and Philly wins out it would come down to Strength of Victory? I heard that favors the Lions too at this point but I’m not sure and also not sure that has been settled yet. This WDIV article, if you look at the section “4-1 with a loss to Chicago” suggests the Lions’ strength of victory lead over Philadelphia is almost insurmountable https://www.clickondetroit.com/sports/2024/12/04/what-playoff-seeds-detroit-lions-would-get-if-they-finish-any-possible-combination-of-4-1-or-3-2/ Thanks for spotting.

Looks like 15-2 by the Lions wins the #1 seed no matter what. - If lose to Buffalo, then beat SF Chi Minnesota, will win the division because the Vikings would top out at 14-3. Would finish ahead of Philly with a 11-1 conference record because Philly would top out at 15-2 with a 10-2 conference record. - If beat Buffalo, lose to Chicago, but beat SF and Minnesota, will win the division because the Vikings would top out at 14-3. Would finish ahead of Philly even if the Eagles win out because the conference record would be tied at 10-2 each but the Lions would win the common opponent record 5-1 to 4-2. - If beat Buffalo and Chicago, lose to SF, but beat Minnesota, will win the division because the Vikings would top out at 14-3. Would finish ahead of Philly even if the Eagles win out because because the conference record would be tied at 10-2 each but the Lions would win the common opponent record 5-1 to 4-2. - If beat Buffalo, Chicago and SF but lose to Minnesota, the Vikings could top out at 15-2 to match the Lions. Lions-Vikings head to head tied at 1-1. Division record tied at 5-1. Lions would win common opponents 12-0 to 11-1, since the Vikings lost to the Rams. So the Lions would win the division. Would finish ahead of Philly even if the Eagles win out because because the conference record would be tied at 10-2 each but the Lions would win the common opponent record 5-1 to 4-2. Correct me if I'm wrong! (but I don't think I am). FWIW, tiebreaker order is: https://www.nfl.com/standings/tie-breaking-procedures For Division 1. Head to head 2. Division record 3. vs Common opponents 4. Conference record 5. Strength of victory 6. Strength of schedule For Record 1. Head to head 2. Conference record 3. vs Common opponents 4. Strength of victory 5. Strength of schedule

We might not be done with the Packers. I can definitely see GB out of the #5 or #6 seed beating the NFC South or NFC West winner and playing the #1 seed Lions in the next round. Lions should be healthier then.

Dan Miller’s call of the game-winning field goal. Bates FG Beats Packers.m4a

Windsorite, ex-Seahawk and lifelong Lions fan Luke Wilson is saying on Canadian Tv post-game that given the injury situation and plays being made by “random guys who have been there 2 weeks”, this is one of the grittiest wins he has ever seen. And that given the Lions went for it 5 times on 4th down, this is the signature Dan Campbell win. He says he can’t remember a greater regular season win by the Lions.

GB would have had the ball at their 30 with 40 seconds to go. Plenty of time for Love, even without timeouts, to gain 35 yards for a FG or even go for the endzone.

Have to go for it.

It should be a Bates 40 yd FG attempt to win it.

You need to make at least one pass here, even if it means stopping the clock hit an incompletion.

That 1 second is huge. If the Lions had instead made that 1st down coming out of the 2 minute warning, they’d be able to run the clock down to under 30 seconds before a FG attempt.

The game is in Goff’s hands. And, I hope, Jake’s leg.

You and Marissa Tomei!

I would have gone for it if easy QB sneak territory. It was a bit more than that.

Even before that 4th down start, I was going to say GB has done a better job at stopping the Lions’ run than maybe any team this season.

Laporta had to have that. Big 3rd and long now.

What a start to the 2nd half. Crowd was eerily quiet even before the interception.

3 point lead, 28 minutes still to play, no McNeil.