Bucs face another playoff rematch against Detroit Lions

• Rookie Trey Palmer's 56-yard catch-and-score in the 3rd quarter broke the game open. The Bucs never looked back.

Know your enemy: Powered by one of the league's best passing attacks, the Lions went 12-5 this season before narrowly beating the 10-7 L.A. Rams to open the playoffs.

• The Lions are led by QB Jared Goff and feature a pair of dynamic running backs in veteran David Montgomery and rookie Jahmyr Gibbs.
• The team's best offensive player — and coolest name — is receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown, aka the "Sun God."
• Rookie tight end Sam LaPorta is also a rising star. (Again, this offense is good.)

Context: For Detroit, the second round of the playoffs is uncharted territory: The team's win last weekend was its first playoff victory in 32 years.

• For the second week in a row, the Bucs face a team that beat them in the regular season.

Yes, but: "We're a different team now. We're mentally tougher," Bucs coach Todd Bowles said of the rematch. "I think we've gotten stronger from it."

The other side: 👋 Axios Detroit editor and Lions season ticket holder Everett here.

• Mayfield is a fun story and the Bucs wide receivers could give Detroit trouble, but the Lions being favored by around a touchdown makes sense.
• In an absolutely deafening Ford Field home crowd desperate for a Super Bowl, this game shouldn't be all that close.