The good news for the Detroit Lions keeps coming. Not only did they notch a Chicago Bears win, but they have more to celebrate.

The Detroit Lions took care of business on Sunday, December 22, and towered over the Chicago Bears on the road with a 34-17 victory. Not only did Detroit win their Sunday game, but some other key matchups in the NFL went the Lions way, which brought even more good news to Detroit.

For one, one of the Lions’ chief competitors in the NFC, the Philadelphia Eagles, lost to the Washington Commanders in a surprising turn of events. That’s a good thing for the Honolulu blue.

Lions’ Road to the Super Bowl Just Got Easier

The Detroit Lions will now be able to clinch the No. 1 seed with a win over the San Francisco 49ers on Monday, December 30, and a loss from the Minnesota Vikings either Sunday against the Seahawks or next week against the Green Bay Packers, per Pride of Detroit.

The 49ers, along with the Cowboys, were actually mathematically eliminated from the playoffs on Sunday, December 22, per Adam Schefter. So, the Lions’ road to the Big Game just got easier, or at least their road to getting a No. 1 seed.

Looking at the rest of the Eagles’ season, Jeremy Reisman of Pride of Detroit noted in a December 22 feature, the Commanders game was “essentially the Eagles’ last game where they have a realistic chance of losing, as they face the 6-8 Cowboys and 2-12 Giants in the final two weeks (both at home).” He added that, “the Lions essentially hold all the relevant tiebreakers, so if Detroit wins and Philly loses this week, the Lions would hold a commanding one-game lead + the tiebreaker with only two games remaining.” That, of course, is exactly what happened: Detroit won, and Philly lost.