Detroit Lions beat L.A. Rams, 24-23, for first playoff win in 32 years

(Detroit Free Press) They booed Matthew Stafford when he ran on the field and serenaded Jared Goff with chants of his name, and in the end, the 66,367 fans at Ford Field for the Detroit Lions’ first home playoff game in 30 years were treated to an epic battle by the two protagonists in one of the most anticipated games in Lions history.

Goff, facing the team and the coach that cast him aside five years after making him the No. 1 pick of the 2016 draft, completed 22 of 27 passes for 277 yards and one touchdown.

Stafford, playing the team he spent 12 seasons with before asking for the trade that netted him a Super Bowl ring - and sent Goff and three draft picks to Detroit to jumpstart the Lions’ rebuild – threw for 367 yards and two scores but couldn’t author one of his signature comebacks at the stadium he used to call home.

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The Lions will host the winner of Monday’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers-Philadelphia Eagles game in the divisional round next week at Ford Field on Sunday at 3 p.m. the NFL has announced. ...............(more)

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