Football" has long been a cornerstone of the NFL, and they’re set to cap off the regular season with a blockbuster showdown in Week 18. The Minnesota Vikings (14-2) will travel to the Motor City to face the Detroit Lions (14-2) in a game with massive implications.

RELATED: NFL Divisions Explained This week on the regular season finale of Sunday Night Football, the NFC's two best teams will meet in one final showdown to determine their postseason fates: The Minnesota Vikings will head to Ford Field to take on the Detroit Lions,

Minnesota is currently 14-2 on the season after defeating Green Bay, 27-25, Sunday to push themselves into the No. 1 seed in the NFC and atop the NFC North. Their reign atop the division and the conference could only last a day, however, with the Lions (13-2) set to play at San Francisco on Monday Night Football.

The Lions and 49ers meet in a rematch of the NFC championship game. The stakes couldn't be any more different.

Detroit Lions are preparing for an NFC Championship rematch on Monday night, as they are in Santa Clara, California, to take on the San Francisco 49ers. However, with what occurred in the NFC North on Sunday,

The network announced that the game, which was broadcast on both ESPN and ABC, drew 22.2 million viewers—the most-watched Monday Night Football offering of the year and one of t