The Lions will have to wait until Monday night to find out who they will face in the Divisional Round. They will get the lowest-seeding winner in the NFC Wild Card round, giving them only four potential options: the Los Angeles Rams (No. 4 seed), Vikings (5), Washington Commanders (6) or the Green Bay Packers (7).

The Detroit Lions’ win over the Minnesota Vikings in the final game of the 2024 NFL regular season clinched the NFC North, as well as the No. 1 seed in the NFC playoffs. More importantly for the Lions,

Many NFL teams hope to land the next Sean McVay when they seek a new head coach. McVay became the youngest coach since the AFL-NFL merger in 1970 when the Los Angeles Rams hired him in 2017 at age 30. He’s led them to one Super Bowl title in two appearances, four NFC West championships, six playoff berths and seven winning seasons in eight years.

As every team does this time of year, the Los Angeles Rams have their work cut out for them in the first round of the playoffs. They’re welcoming the 14-3 Minnesota Vikings to SoFi Stadium, facing the first 14-win wild-card team in NFL history.

The ever present reality that excuses mean nothing in the NFL is as alive as it has ever been and in an era where coaches are getting fired left and right, what Sean McVay did thi