NFL playoff picture comes into focus as Week 18 approaches, with crucial matchups set to determine final seedings.

Ahead of a massive showdown with the rival Minnesota Vikings to wrap up the regular season, the Detroit Lions flexed their NFC might on Monday night to take down the San Francisco 49ers.

The NFL is about winning games, not setting records, and anyway, this one would be contrived in spirit and asterisked in fact ...

It doesn't change the result of last year's NFC Championship, but the Lions' 40-34 win over the 49ers on "Monday Night ...

Welcome to the Week 17 grades! There's always a lot of drama in the NFL over the final two weeks of the season, and that was ...

On Monday night the Detroit Lions avenged their NFC title loss to the San Francisco 49ers in a thrilling 40-34 victory. It ...

The Lions made it 14-13 on their next possession on a 3rd & 12 play from the 49ers' 42-yard line where Goff hit wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown on a 1-yard slant at the 49ers' 41-yard line and he ...

Detroit improved to 14-2 and will carry momentum into next week's critical game against Minnesota for the NFC's top seed.

Brock Purdy has been giving the Lions defense headaches so far, completing 14-for-16 passes for 200 yards, two passing ...

Lenny Randle, a 12-year major league veteran who once punched his manager and also got down on his hands and knees on the ...