After a well-deserved bye week to the second round of the postseason, the Detroit Lions are back in action on Saturday night. The top-seeded Lions host the Washington Commanders in the NFC Divisional Round matchup at Ford Field.

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When the Detroit Lions lost defensive end Aidan Hutchinson earlier this season, fans felt cursed. Detroit was picked as one of the favorites to play in Super Bowl LIX next month, and now, the Lions would have to do it without one of their top players.

Few NFL teams made going for it on fourth down a larger part of their identity this season than the Lions and Commanders, who will meet on Saturday night.

Detroit Lions will wear their Honolulu Blue jerseys and pants against Washington Commanders on Saturday at Ford Field in NFL divisional playoff round.

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Byran DeArdo, NFL writer for CBS Sports: "The Lions don't play dull postseason games. Each of their three playoff games last year came down to the wire, and I expect that to again be the case on Saturday night. Washington will make them earn it, but the Lions should come out on top while getting to within a game of the Super Bowl."

With Montgomery back in the fold, the Lions have a tough, between-the-tackles chain mover to complement Gibbs, who has the hot hand right now and is likely to head into the contest 1A to Montgomery's 1B, which is just fine with Montgomery.

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Impressively, the Bucs still made it to the NFC Championship game that season, losing 11-6 to the Rams. King finished 13-of-29 for 163 yards, zero touchdowns, and two interceptions in the loss. He was named Tampa Bay's starter for the 2000 season.