ESPN: Lions Face Tough Task in Playoff Battle Against Seahawks

 January 6, 2017

NFL’s ‘Cardiac Cats,’ the Detroit Lions, seek first playoff win in decades vs. Seattle and infamous ’12th man’ crowd.

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The Detroit Lions travel to the loud confines of Century Link Field tomorrow for a wild card playoff game against the Seattle Seahawks.

Seattle has become a perennial playoff contender in recent years.

Detroit has not won a playoff game in roughly a quarter-century.

And journalist Michael Rothstein, who covers the Lions for ESPN, tells WDET’s Quinn Klinefelter the Detroit team that won half their games in the fourth quarter this year may finally hit the end of the road in Seattle.

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    Quinn Klinefelter is a Senior News Editor at 101.9 WDET. In 1996, he was literally on top of the news when he interviewed then-Senator Bob Dole about his presidential campaign and stepped on his feet.

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