LION KINGS DETROIT AT LAST?

Detroit roaring towards ending their 58 years of Super Bowl-less hurt after clinching top seed for the playoffs

- KEITH WEBSTER

IN 58 years of the Super Bowl, only four teams have never appeared in the NFL's end-offseason showcase.

The Detroit Lions are two home wins away from reducing that number to three.

Jahmyr Gibbs ran all over the highly-fancied Minnesota Vikings, scoring four touchdowns, as the Lions ended the regular season with an impressive 15-2 record.

In a winner-takes-all showdown late on Sunday night, the Lions' victory secured the NFC North Division title, a bye in the first playoff round and homefield advantage throughout the postseason.

In a sports-mad city starved of success, the Lions are creating excitement that will rise to hysteria over the next two weeks as they prepare to meet the winner of one of next weekend's wild card games.