A great opportunity awaits the Detroit Lions on Sunday night. If the Lions handle their business and beat the L.A. Rams in the primetime wild-card playoff game, it’ll mark Detroit’s first postseason win since the 1991 season.
However, no one is saying it’ll be easy for Jared Goff & Co.They’ll face a 10-win Rams team that won seven of its last eight games to close out the regular season. And the one loss in that stretch for Los Angeles was a six-point, overtime defeat at the hands of Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens. Remember, the Ravens – the No. 1 seed in the AFC – won a league-high 13 games in 2023.
I’ve made it this far without mentioning that the Rams are quarterbacked by former Detroit franchise passer Matthew Stafford. Stafford, who spent the first 12 seasons of his NFL career with the Lions, has continued to play at a high level in his 15th season.
I’ve made it this far without mentioning that the Rams are quarterbacked by former Detroit franchise passer Matthew Stafford. Stafford, who spent the first 12 seasons of his NFL career with the Lions, has continued to play at a high level in his 15th season. The 35-year-old led L.A. to nine wins in his 15 starts in ‘23, and threw for 24 touchdowns and 3,965 yards while recording a 63.7 QBR. It was a solid season from the veteran signal-caller, and one in which he helped the Rams average the eighth-highest point total in the game (23.8).
