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The Detroit Lions\u00a0kicked back and relaxed during a three-day weekend, enjoying the benefits of having the NFC’s No. 1 seed and being one step closer to possibly playing in the Super Bowl.<\/p>\n

The rest helped, but not more than simply not needing to win to advance to the divisional round of the playoffs.<\/p>\n

“The odds say that’s one less game that you’re playing to get to your ultimate goal,” Detroit coach Dan Campbell said. “That’s the benefit, really.”<\/p>\n

The top-seeded Lions (15-2) also hope home field gives them another advantage against the sixth-seeded Washington Commanders (13-5) on Saturday night.<\/p>\n

Washington’s win over third-seeded Tampa Bay spared Detroit a rematch with the Matthew Stafford-led Los Angeles Rams.<\/p>\n

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“I do like the newness of it,” Campbell said.<\/p>\n

The Lions are also new to the Commanders, who have won five straight \u2014 each time on a last-minute or last-second play. But they haven’t seen anything quite like Detroit’s big-play ability on the ground and through the air.<\/p>\n

“A lot of challenges, whether it’s speed and ability at wide receiver or their running back tandem, the quarterback who can rip it, an excellent O-line, the defense plays a lot of man-to-man and plays aggressive,” Washington coach Dan Quinn said. “We’ll definitely have our work cut out for us.”<\/p>\n

The Commanders’ 23-20 win eliminated the Buccaneers, one of the two teams to defeat Detroit during the regular season. The Buffalo Bills also beat the Lions, winning 48-42 a month ago.<\/p>\n

That doesn’t mean Detroit, an 8 1\/2-point favorite according to BetMGM Sportsbook, thinks it will have an easy evening against a Washington team led by rookie quarterback Jayden Daniels.<\/p>\n

“We’ve got a really good opponent here,” Campbell said. “They’ve got a dynamic quarterback. They’re playing good offense, good defense, really good coaching.<\/p>\n

“We’ve got our work cut out for us.”<\/p>\n

The game will feature candidates for NFL Coach of the Year, and Campbell is well aware of Quinn’s ability to lead a team after facing him at their previous stops.<\/p>\n

Quinn led the Atlanta Falcons from 2015 through the early part of the 2020 season, overlapping with Campbell’s years with the New Orleans Saints as an assistant.<\/p>\n

“It’s not like we hang out on a daily basis or anything or talk like that, but I’ve known him for a while,” Campbell said. “Certainly when he was in Atlanta, having to play him twice a year, you gain a high level of respect for what they do.<\/p>\n

“His teams are always going to be competitive and they’re going to be ready to go and they’re going to try to do things the right way. I’ve got a lot of respect for what he’s done, and I’m not surprised that they’re where they’re at just knowing kind of the way he builds things, the way his attitude is.”<\/p>\n

While Campbell downplayed the significance of the bye week for his banged-up team, there’s no doubt the break will allow at least one player to return to the field and others such as cornerback Terrion Arnold to get healthier.<\/p>\n

The Lions expect running back David Montgomery to play against the Commanders \u2014 coming back from a knee injury that was originally expected to end his season \u2014 and rejoin Jahmyr Gibbs in perhaps the NFL’s best backfield.<\/p>\n

Montgomery finished with 1,116 yards from scrimmage and scored 12 touchdowns in 14 games, the last of which was against the Bills a month ago.<\/p>\n

“He’s a huge part of us,” Campbell said. “He a bell cow. He’s a tone-setter. He’s a catalyst.”<\/p>\n

“There’s a place for him here, so there’ll be a place for him in this game. So, it’s going to be good to get him back.”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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