After losing the first regular-season game in league history pitting teams with a combined 28 victories, the Vikings (14-3) hit the road for wild-card weekend, visiting the NFC West champion Los Angeles Rams (10-7) on Monday night as the most accomplished fifth seed in NFL history.

The Lions put on a defensive clinic Sunday night in their 31-9 win over the Minnesota Vikings. Detroit finished the regular season 15-2 and earned the No. 1 seed in the NFC for the first time in franchise history. The Lions now get the coveted first-round bye and enter the playoffs as the betting favorite to win Super Bowl LIX.

Detroit Lions RB Jahmyr Gibbs led the NFL with 9 scrimmage touchdowns (6 rushing, 3 receiving) in December and January.

O n Thursday afternoon, the NFL announced that Detroit Lions running back Jahmyr Gibbs has been named NFC Offensive Player of the Month, for the combined months of December and Ja

Detroit Lions running back Jahmyr Gibbs was named NFC Offensive Player of the Week after recording four touchdowns on Sunday Night Football against the Minnesota Vikings. “Yeah, unbelievable, yeah. I don’t know what his numbers were but yeah he was impressive and we kind of came into this one knowing we were going to need him to be and he played his tail off and our offensive line blocked their tails off,