The Minnesota Vikings and Detroit Lions hooked up in Week 17 of the 2020 season resulting in a Vikings win, 37-35. The key takeaway from the contest operationally was a shimmy up to the seventh pick in the 2021 NFL Draft for Detroit and a backward slide for Minnesota to the 14th spot.
Barring a late-career reunion, that Vikings-Lions game at Ford Field was Matthew Stafford’s swan song in Detroit. He departs the Motor City as the leader in all of the Lions passing metrics by a distance wider than Detroit and Damascus. As for NFL history, Stafford ranks 10th in game-winning drives, 16th in passing yards, 16th in passing touchdowns, 21st in Passer Rating, 28th in completion percentage, and 52nd in wins (if you put credence in the “QB wins” metric).