Jahmyr Gibbs had 170 yards from scrimmage and four touchdowns and the host Detroit Lions pulled away for a 31-9 win over the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday night to secure the No. 1 seed in the NFC playoffs for the first time in franchise history.Jared Goff completed 27 of 33 passes for 231 yards, one touchdown and two interceptions for Detroit (15-2). Gibbs rushed for 139 yards and three touchdowns and caught five passes for 31 yards and one score.Sam Darnold completed 18 of 41 passes for 166 yards for Minnesota (14-3), which was held without a touchdown. The Vikings’ nine-game winning streak ended.The Lions clinched the NFC North title for the second year in a row. They will have a bye next week and have secured home-field advantage throughout the conference playoffs.The Vikings will enter the postseason as a wild-card team and the No. 5 seed in the NFC. They will travel to Inglewood, Calif., to face the fourth-seeded Los Angeles Rams on Jan. 13.Gibbs gave the Lions the upper hand with three straight touchdowns in the second half.Detroit was clinging to a 10-9 lead when Gibbs caught a 10-yard touchdown pass from Goff with 2:30 remaining in the third quarter. His score, which came on fourth-and-2, gave the Lions a 17-9 lead.Gibbs added a 13-yard rushing touchdown to increase Detroit’s lead to 24-9 with 13:06 remaining in the fourth.The second-year running back out of Alabama was not finished. He powered across the goal line for a 4-yard touchdown to make it 31-9 with 5:14 to go.
