Detroit Lions stunned by Washington Commanders in epic NFL playoff as Super Bowl favorites suffer shock exit

The Washington Commanders person reached their archetypal NFC Championship crippled for 33 years aft a daze triumph implicit the Detroit Lions connected Saturday night.

Following a ascendant regular play successful which they secured the NFC's No. 1 effect for the archetypal clip ever, the Lions entered the playoffs arsenic Super Bowl favorites up of back-to-back winners the Kansas City Chiefs.

Yet connected a stunning nighttime astatine Ford Field, Dan Campbell could lone ticker connected arsenic his squad fell astatine the precise archetypal hurdle successful a singular 45-31 decision to the Commanders, who were astir double-digit underdogs heading into the Divisional playoff.

Rookie backmost Jayden Daniels inspired yet different Washington triumph for the ages successful an all-time classical playoff brushwood which the visitors led 31-21 astatine halftime.

Daniels, who has been a revelation successful his debut NFL season, completed 22 of his 31 passes for 299 yards and 2 touchdowns successful different masterful display.

Running back Brian Robinson Jr. besides had 2 rushing touchdowns for 72 yards, portion receiver Dyami Brown recorded six catches for 98 yards.

Commanders rookie Mike Sainristil had 2 interceptions, including 1 connected a instrumentality play with receiver Jameson Williams throwing into sum disconnected a reverse successful the 4th quarter. And Quan Martin returned a prime 40 yards for a touchdown.

Jeremy Chinn besides had an interception arsenic they sent the Super Bowl frontrunners packing connected their ain turf.

The upset triumph means Washington tin present cogwheel up for its archetypal quality successful the NFC Championship crippled since 1991 - the twelvemonth they past won the Super Bowl.

Prior to their Wild Card triumph implicit the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the Commanders had not won an NFL playoff crippled since 2006. They had besides failed to marque it into the postseason successful each of the past 3 seasons, portion lone doing truthful erstwhile successful adjacent to a decade.

Now the nation's superior volition beryllium dreaming of the astir improbable of Super Bowl trips with Daniels astatine the helm. 

Should they marque it that far, the 24-year-old volition go the archetypal ever rookie to commencement successful the NFL's showpiece event. 

For Detroit, meanwhile, the hold for a archetypal ever Super Bowl quality goes on.

Jared Goff threw 3 picks and mislaid a fumble, turning it implicit 3 times successful an ill-fated archetypal fractional for the hosts. 

Overall, the NFC's apical seemed doomed its chances by turning it implicit 5 times astatine Ford Field.

Daniels, connected the different hand, didn't crook the shot implicit erstwhile to arsenic Washington inflicted the archetypal large upset of this season's playoffs.

They volition present crook their attraction to Sunday's different NFC Divisional conflict betwixt the Philadelphia Eagles and the Los Angeles Rams, who they volition conscionable connected January 26.