Nine years after the Detroit Lions lost a playoff game to the Dallas Cowboys, they suffered another gut punch at the hands of officials.

The Lions are 3-1 coming off their bye week and have won two straight, including Jared Goff’s perfect performance in their 42-29 rout of the Seattle Seahawks last Monday night. Detroit trails the 5-0 Minnesota Vikings by 1 1/2 games in the NFC North and is currently locked into the No. 5 seed in the NFC.

The Dallas Cowboys face the Detroit Lions in a pivotal NFC matchup on Sunday. Both teams want to repeat as division champions and a victory on Sunday will go a long way toward that goal. Recently, I had the opportunity to chat with John Maakaron of Detroit Lions On SI to discuss the big game.