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Lions vs. Seahawks: TV Schedule, Odds, Ticket Info, Game Time and More
- Updated: January 5, 2017
The Detroit Lions haven’t won a playoff game since 1991, when they beat the Dallas Cowboys 38-6 in the divisional round.
They’ve lost eight straight postseason games since then, lumped on either side of an 11-season playoff drought from 2000 to 2011.
Detroit is hungry for playoff success, but it’s not going to come easy in 2017. The Lions are a Wild Card team and run into the Seattle Seahawks on Wild Card Weekend. The Seahawks are perennial contenders, having reached the playoffs in six of the last seven seasons including this one, reaching two Super Bowls and winning one of them.
It’s a battle between a franchise that has come to expect postseason glory and one just desperate to stick around a bit longer this January and give its fans something to cherish.
Here’s how you can catch the game.
Lions vs. Seahawks Game Info
When: Saturday, Jan. 7 at 8:15 p.m. ET
Where: CenturyLink Field in Seattle
TV: NBC
Live Stream: NBCSports.com
Odds: Seahawks (-7.5), per OddsShark (as of Thursday, Jan. 5)
Tickets: ScoreBig.com
While the oddsmakers have Seahawks as more than a touchdown favorite—and Detroit doesn’t have home-field advantage or history on its side—there is hope yet for the Lions to keep this one close, and maybe even pull off a win.
As this tweet from Bleacher Report notes, the Seahawks haven’t fared all that well against playoff teams this season:
The oddsmakers might be wrong about the Lions-Seahawks game. Detroit could keep it closer than you think pic.twitter.com/1wZf7heuZe
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) January 3, 2017
The Lions limped into the postseason by losing their last three games and the NFC North title to the Green Bay Packers. Seattle, however, wasn’t too much better in the final throes of the regular season, going 3-3 over their final six contests. …
