The Detroit Lions and Minnesota Vikings will play for the NFC's No. 1 seed and first-round by Sunday night. The winner gets the NFC North crown, while the loser heads to the playoffs as a wild-card team with a road game in front of them the following week.
ESPN NFL insider Adam Schefter reported there is more on the line pending on the Lions-Vikings result in Week 18, too. Schefter noted that the timing of when top assistants from both team's coaching staffs can interview for open head coaching jobs hinges on the result. He mentioned that coaches from the winning team are cleared to interview three days after the game and coaches from the losing team have to wait at least three days after the wild-card round playoff games conclude.
