Jared Goff and the Detroit Lions dominated the NFL landscape in 2024, finishing the regular season with a 15-2 record. The Lions clinched the No. 1 seed in the playoffs and earned back-to-back NFC North championships.

Detroit dominated in the most important game of the regular season, and the difference was a quarterback who looks ready for the challenges ahead.

Quarterbacks aren't the end-all, be-all when it comes to competing for NFL championships. More often than not, in fact, signal-callers are only as elite as their supporting cast, especially when it comes to playoff football.

Over the weekend the Detroit Lions defeated some dubious NFL history by removing their name from the list of teams to never earn the No. 1 seed in their

Week 18 for many NFL teams was a foregone conclusion. Just not in Detroit where the Lions triumphed over the Minnesota Vikings to win the NFC North, the number 1 seed and a bye, and home field advantage throughout the playoffs.