Detroit Lions are back at home for another home playoff game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers…
DETROIT — The Detroit Lions are back at home for another eye-shattering home playoff game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the NFC’s divisional round from rowdy Ford Field.
We’ll answer three burning questions ahead of Sunday afternoon’s kickoff in this post.
Ford Field was buzzing from one hour before kickoff last week, and then another hour after the Lions beat the Los Angeles Rams in the wild-card round. And if you went into last week with buzzing years, that was for an understandable reason.
The stadium hit a high mark of 133.6 decibels during the team’s first playoff win in more than 30 years. That beat the old Ford Field record of 127.6. And for those wondering, 133.6 decibels is about what a 747 jet engine sounds like on takeoff, per the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
“Listen, it was — yeah, I think it was on-par with what I expected,” Lions head coach Dan Campbell said. “And there again, it was probably the best I’ve ever been a part of. I mean it was – that was – so much of it was the fact that the thing started an hour before the game and it was just four hours of nonstop barrage of the fans just going off and the chants for (Jared) Goff and it was just — what a special, special environment. I mean for anybody that was there, you’ll never forget that. You will never – for the rest of your life, that will be something you’re talking about. That was special.”
Vita Vea had one of his best games of the season in the middle of Tampa Bay’s defensive line back in Week 6. But it’s worth noting that Jahmyr Gibbs was inactive and David Montgomery exited after only six carries that day. The Lions ran 25 times for only 79 yards last week, despite scoring two touchdowns, with one apeice from Gibbs and Montgomery.