• The good news for Lions fans is your team can get healthy again and try again next year, with most of their core intact. The bad news is offensive coordinator Ben Johnson and defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn will probably be coaching other teams.
• Jayden Daniels: 22-of-31 for 299 yards, two touchdowns, no interceptions, no sacks, 122.9 passer rating, 51 rushing yards on 16 carries. An incredible night for the No. 2 pick of last year’s draft.
• Brian Robinson Jr.: 77 yards and two touchdowns on 15 rushes
• Dyami Brown: six catches, 98 receiving yards on eight targets
• Jared Goff: 23-of-40 for 313 yards, one touchdown, three interceptions, 59.7 passer rating, one fumble lost. Woof.
• Jahmyr Gibbs: 105 yards and two touchdowns on 14 rushes, plus 70 receiving yards on six catches and 11 targets
• Amon-Ra St. Brown: eight catches and 137 receiving yards on 10 targets
• A dream season ends for the Lions. A dream season continues for the Commanders. Washington will be on the road next week, playing with house money, after blowing out a shorthanded Lions defense.
• There were 1,003 total yards gained in that game.
• Jared Goff is picked off by Jeremy Chinn just short of the end zone and that will officially do it. The Washington Commanders are going to the NFC championship game for the first time in 33 years, with a rookie quarterback and first-year head coach. They looked more composed throughout the game.
• The Lions have reached the red zone again, with 39 seconds and zero timeouts left. They need to score quickly, recover an onside kick and make a Hail Mary.

Did Tom Brady just fire a 28-3 stray at the Falcons? “Not sure Dan Quinn likes having the owner come down to the field before the game is over.”

— Steve Wyche (@wyche89) January 19, 2025

• The Cowboys haven’t made the NFC championship game since 1995. Their former defensive coordinator is about to do it in his first year with their traditional rival. One of their former players has thoughts.

No way DQ left and immediately did this.

— Jourdan Lewis (@JourdanJD) January 19, 2025

I legit feel like crying right now!

— Golden Tate (@ShowtimeTate) January 19, 2025

• These are some grim crowd shots on the broadcast at Ford Field.
• The Commanders’ win means the winner of tomorrow’s Rams-Eagles game will have home-field advantage in the NFC championship game. Given that Los Angeles lost last week’s game due to the wildfires, that would be quite a swing for the city.
• Jared Goff gets sacked on first down. We’ve reached the two-minute warning.
• Zane Gonzalez’s 44-yard field goal attempt goes wide left and the Lions have 2:26 to erase a 14-point deficit. This isn’t over, but…
• The Packers got shut down by the Eagles. The Vikings got blown out by the Rams. The Lions can’t stop the Commanders.
• The NFC North was the best division in the regular season, and its about to go 0-for-3, all in decisive fashion, in the playoffs.
• Jayden Daniels keeps showing off, this time on a third-down pass to John Bates for a fresh round of clock burning. Three and a half minutes left in the Lions’ season.
• The Lions get to the red zone, then settle for a 28-yard field goal. They’re still down 14 with 5:01 left
• This will be dissected beyond tonight.

Jared Goff from clean pockets tonight: 10-of-11, 137 yards

Jared Goff under pressure: 3-of-10, 43 yards, TD, 2 INT@NextGenStats

— Bill Barnwell (@billbarnwell) January 19, 2025

• Commanders drives this game:
• Turnover on downs
• Field goal
• Touchdown
• Touchdown
• Touchdown
• Punt
• Touchdown
• Touchdown
• The Commanders have 448 total yards. Detroit’s defensive injuries have been flagged as a potential issue for weeks, if not months, and it’s all now coming to a head., What a brutal way for a dream season to end.