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NFL Preview: Washington Commanders (13-5) vs Detroit Lions (15-2)

TV: FOX – Kevin Burkhardt, Tom Brady, Erin Andrews (field reporter), Tom Rinaldi (field reporter) National Radio: Westwood One – Kevin Kugler, Mike Mayock

All-Time Series History Regular Season: WAS leads series, 28-16 (DET won 6 of past 7) Postseason: WAS leads series, 3-0 (home team won past 3)

The Last Time… Regular Season: 9/18/22: WAS 27 at DET 36 Postseason: NFC-WC 1/8/00: DET 13 at WAS 27

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HEAD COACHES
Dan Quinn vs. Opp. (incl. postseason): 1-0 Reg. Season: 55-47 (.539) Postseason: 4-2 (.667)
Dan Campbell vs. Opp. (incl. postseason): 1-0 Reg. Season: 44-35-1 (.556) Postseason: 2-1 (.667)


COMMANDERS NOTES
Championships: 5 [1937, 1942, 1982 (SB XVII), 1987 (SB XXII), 1991 (SB XXVI)] Playoff Record: 24-20 Last Postseason Game: NFC-WC 1/12/25: WAS 23 at TB 20

• COMMANDERS won their 1st playoff game since 2005. Can advance to NFC-C for 1st time since 1991. • QB JAYDEN DANIELS became 4th rookie QB ever to win 1st career playoff start on road & 3rd rookie QB all-time with 2+ TD passes & 0 INTs in NFC-WC. In reg. season, had most rush yards (891), highest comp. pct (69 pct.), 3rdmost wins (12), 4th-highest passer rating (100.1), 4th-most pass & rush yards combined (4,459), 4th-most pass & rush TD combined (31) & 6th-most TD passes (25) by rookie QB all-time. • RB BRIAN ROBINSON had career-high 799 rush yards & 8 rush TDs in 2024. • RB AUSTIN EKELER had 733 scrimmage yards (367 rush, 366 rec.) in 12 reg. season games in 2024. Had 53 scrimmage yards (27 rush, 26 rec.) in NFC-WC. Has 115+ scrimmage yards & rush TD in each of his 2 career games vs. Det. • WR TERRY MCLAURIN had 82 catches for 1,096 yards & career-high & franchise-record 13 rec. TDs in 2024 reg. season. Is 1 of 2 (Davante Adams) with 75+ catches & 1,000+ rec. yards in each of past 5 seasons. Had 7 catches for 89 yards & 1stcareer playoff rec. TD in NFC-WC. Aims for his 4th in row vs. Det. with 70+ rec. yards. • WR DYAMI BROWN had 5 catches for 89 yards & rec. TD in NFC-WC. • TE ZACH ERTZ had 7th-career reg. season with 60+ catches, 6th-most among TEs all-time. • LB BOBBY WAGNER led team with 132 tackles in 2024. Had 1st-career playoff FR last week. Has 161 tackles (9.5 per game) in 17 career playoff games. • LB FRANKIE LUVU became 2nd player since 2000 (James Harrison – 2010) with 95+ tackles (99), 10+ TFL (12), 8+ sacks (career-high 8) & 5+ PD (career-high 7) in single season. • LB DANTE FOWLER led team with 10.5 sacks & 14 TFL in 2024. • DT DORANCE ARMSTRONG had 4th-straight season with 5+ sacks. • DT DARON PAYNE had a sack in last reg. season meeting (9/28/22). • CB MARSHON LATTIMORE has 10 PD in 8 career playoff games. Had INT-TD in his only career game vs. Det. (10/15/17 w/ NO). • CB MIKE SAINRISTIL led all rookies with 14 PD & ranked 2nd with 90 tackles. • S JEREMY CHINN had 107 tackles, career-high 7 TFL & 5 PD in 2024.


LIONS NOTES
Championships: 4 (1935, 1952, 1953, 1957) Playoff Record: 9-14 Last Postseason Game: NFC-C 1/28/24: DET 31 at SF 34

• LIONS had franchise-record 15 wins & led NFL in scoring offense (33.2 ppg). Had 564 points scored, 4th-most ever in reg. season. Became 4th team ever with 3 players each with 12+ scrimmage TDs in same season. • QB JARED GOFF ranked 2nd in rating (career-high 111.8), comp. pct. (career-high 72.4) & pass yards (4,629) & 4th in TD passes (career-high 37) during reg. season. Has 2+ TD passes & 100+ rating in 6 of his past 7 home starts. Has 837 pass yards (279 per game) & 4 TDs vs. 0 INTs for 103.3 rating in 3 career playoff starts with Det., incl. 270+ pass yards & TD pass in each game. • RB JAHMYR GIBBS led NFL in scrimmage TDs (career-high 20), tied-1st in rush TDs (16), ranked 3rd in scrimmage yards (1,929) & 5th in rush yards (1,412) in reg. season & became 1st player ever with 70+ scrimmage yards in 17 games in season. Aims for his 4th in row with 150+ scrimmage yards & 6th in row with TD. • RB DAVID MONTGOMERY had 1,116 scrimmage yards (775 rush, 341 rec.) & 12 rush TDs in reg. season. Gibbs & Montgomery became the 1st RB duo in SB era each with 10+ scrimmage TDs in consecutive seasons. Incl. playoffs, has 27 rush TDs in 31 games with Det. since 2023. • WR AMON-RA ST. BROWN ranked 2nd in catches (115), 3rd in rec. TDs (career-high 12) & 5th in rec. yards (1,263) in reg. season. Has 7+ catches & 75+ rec. yards in each of his 3 career playoff games. Had 9 catches, 184 scrimmage yards (116 rec., 68 rush) & 2 rec. TDs in his only career game vs. Was. (9/18/22). • WR JAMESON WILLIAMS had career highs in catches (58), rec. yards (1,001) & rec. TDs (7) in reg. season, incl. 5+ catches in 6 of his last 7 games. • TE SAM LAPORTA aims for his 3rd playoff game in row with 9+ catches. • LB ALEX ANZALONE had 63 tackles, 7 TFL & 5 PD in 10 games in reg. season. • LB JACK CAMPBELL led team with career-high 125 tackles in 2024. • DL ZA’DARIUS SMITH had 4 sacks in 5 home games with Det. in 2024. • DB BRIAN BRANCH was 1st DB with 100+ tackles (109) & 15+ PD (16) since 2020. • DB KERBY JOSEPH led NFL with career-high 9 INTs & set career highs in tackles (82) & PD (12) in reg. season.

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