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The Detroit Lions have enjoyed a well-deserved BYE week and with one game still to go in the NFC Playoffs, they already know their opponent in the Divisional Ro

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The Detroit Lions will open their NFL playoffs 2025 run against the Washington Commanders, who upset the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday night.

The Detroit Lions are ready to run it back. After a near-flawless 15-2 campaign, the NFC’s No. 1-ranked team will begin their second consecutive march toward postseason glory when they take on the Washington Commanders in the Divisional Round of the playoffs at Detroit’s Ford Field on Saturday, Jan. 18.

When the Washington Commanders head to Detroit to play the Lions on Saturday night in the NFC Divisional Round, the game will be played inside Ford Field. You know, the domed home of the Lions in downtown Detroit for almost 25 years now.

Ahead of their NFC Divisional Round matchup against the Detroit Lions, the Washington Commanders made a perplexing decision that’s drawing comparisons to a notorious coaching mishap from Lions history.

The Detroit Lions have reached a pivotal moment in their journey, one they’ve been steadily building toward for years. Long overshadowed, underestimated, and dismissed as perennial underachievers, the Lions now charge into the 2025 NFL Divisional Round with a confidence born of their dominant 15-2 regular season.

The Detroit Lions and Washington Commanders' Divisional Round matchup will be officiated by Ron Torbert. An NFL official since 2010 and a lead referee since 2014, Torbert has local ties as a graduate of Michigan State University.