The NFL just revealed the schedule for Wild Card Weekend next week. The Lions are playing for the No. 1 seed and the first-round bye in the NFC playoffs, but if they fall to the Vikings, they drop to the No. 5 seed.
We now know that would mean a trip to Los Angeles and another playoff date with the Rams, this time on the road. With the schedule being released, the loser of Sunday’s game will play next Monday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on ABC/ESPN. While that would mean an extra day to prepare for the playoff game, it would mean a short week for the winner for the Divisional Round, almost certainly on Sunday.
The stakes are high Sunday and a potential short week coming off a trip to Los Angeles makes the path a little bit tougher for the loser in Detroit Sunday.
The full schedule looks like this:
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