QB Jared Goff on beating his former team to secure Lions first playoff win in 32 years: 'It’s about our team'

There was an uneasiness rumbling at Ford Field in the second half, with Detroit Lions fans watching Matthew Stafford on the verge of breaking their hearts in his old house.

Until Jared Goff completed the biggest pass of his Lions career.

The Rams kept chipping away at the lead the Lions had held since the first five-plus minutes of the game, but when Goff hit Amon-Ra St. Brown on an 11-yard pass on the backside of the two-minute warning, it officially turned out the Rams' lights.

A few kneeldowns later, it was over: Lions 24, Rams 23. Detroit's first playoff victory in 32 years. And for Goff, a reckoning, closing the game out after it looked to be slipping away.

"Thought he played top-notch football," Lions head coach Dan Campbell said. "He probably had two errors and everything else, I thought he was on point. He looked loose, he looked relaxed. I thought he threw the ball with conviction."

Every chance Goff got after the game, he shifted the rest of the locker room.

"Yeah, it means a lot," Goff said postgame. "This team is special. This team's really special, and it's about our team."

The win means Detroit will be rewarded with another game for their beloved team -- and yes, their quarterback -- thanks to the Cowboys being shocked at home earlier in the day by Green Bay, facing the winner of Philadelphia-Tampa Bay.

A rematch at Dallas could have provided the perfect opportunity for revenge in this storybook season, but another home playoff game? Yeah, that'll work, too.

"I think we all wanted Dallas again, but the fact that we're back here, it's a blessing," Lions defensive end Aidan Hutchinson said. "It's going to be fun next weekend."

With fans having chanted his name from the moment he hit the field for pregame warmups, part