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In a thrilling climax to the NFL's regular season, the NFC's No. 1 seed will come down to the final game when Detroit host Minnesota next Sunday night. The winner will take the NFC North and earn a first-round playoff bye and home-field advantage until the Super Bowl. The loser becomes the No. 5 seed and must play on the road in the wild-card round. Detroit hold the tiebreaker if the teams enter with identical records and play to a tie. Minnesota (14-2) held on for a 27-25 victory over Green Bay on Sunday to set up the high-stakes showdown in Week 18. The Lions (13-2) visit the San Francisco 49ers (6-9) on Monday night in a rematch of the NFC title game. If they win, they have to beat the Vikings again or tie. Detroit beat Minnesota 31-29 in Week 7. If they lose or tie, they must defeat the Vikings. Philadelphia (13-3) clinched the NFC East and locked up the No. 2 seed with a 41-7 rout of the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday. However, coach Nick Sirianni has a tough decision to make this week. Saquon Barkley is 101 yards away from breaking Eric Dickerson's single-season record for yards rushing in a season, but Sirianni has to decide whether to rest Barkley and most of his starters to prepare for the playoffs or let his star try for the 40-year-old record. The Los Angeles Rams (10-6) clinched the NFC West and Seattle (9-7) were eliminated when Washington beat Atlanta 30-24 in overtime on Sunday night. Washington (11-5) secured a wild-card berth with the win. The Commanders and the Packers (11-5) hold the final two NFC playoff spots. Atlanta's loss gave the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (9-7) control of the NFC South and dropped the Falcons (8-8) into second place. The Buccaneers would clinch the division with a victory or tie against Carolina next Sunday. Three teams in the AFC have already secured their seeds. The two-time defending Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs (15-1) won the AFC West weeks ago and clinched the No. 1 seed. The AFC East champion Buffalo Bills (13-3) are the No. 2 seed. The AFC South champion Houston Texans (9-7) are the No. 4 seed. Baltimore (11-5) would win the AFC North and gain the No. 3 seed with a win or tie against Cleveland on Saturday or a loss or tie by Pittsburgh, which hosts Cincinnati on Saturday night. If they don't win the division, the Steelers have already clinched a wild-card berth. The Los Angeles Chargers (10-6) also secured a wild-card spot, and will be no lower than sixth seed. The final AFC playoff spot comes down to the Broncos (9-7), Dolphins (8-8) or Bengals (8-8). Denver clinches with a win or tie against the Chiefs. The Dolphins need the Broncos to lose and they must beat the Jets on the road to get in. The Bengals must win and the Broncos and Dolphins have to lose for them to make it.
Thorup was left stunned by McLean’s second lengthy suspension, which was delivered hours before Tuesday’s 0-0 Championship draw at Portsmouth . The Scot was charge with violent conduct, and City’s subsequent appeal rejected, for an incident in the first half of Saturday’s 3-0 defeat at QPR, which was not spotted by the match officials. The FA acted on video footage to impose a three-game sanction, upgraded to an additional fourth game due to McLean’s recent red card against Middlesbrough. “Everyone is disappointed with how this how gone, and everyone is disappointed with the professionalism being shown in a league where we spend so many hours to be at our best and prepare players and make sure that we deliver the best possible show for travelling fans as well,” said Thorup, who revealed he was only informed of the decision at 3pm. “And then things like this should not be able to happen on a game day. “I cannot go into detail, you know the rules, and you know now ‘Big Brother’ is watching, so I need to be careful. That’s how it is. But I think it's impressive that we come away with a suspension based on what happened in that game. "We even spoke to someone from the department that takes care of the referees after the game, where they also accepted that that was probably not their best game. “I’ve never had anything like that in my career. I will have to go through every Championship game to clearly find incidents in all the games. "And of course, we need to appeal them. I've never seen anything like this, but they opened the door for a new strategy, a new way of working, and a new competition for us, because I expect that the same will happen to all the other teams. Otherwise, we don't compete on equal terms. “So I'm looking forward to what we can expect on Sunday (against Burnley), probably the team that we prepare, that we play against, will be different, because the FA will look at possible suspensions, and it will be the case for the rest of the season now the FA have decided this is the way to go. “They have opened the door where they can possibly go back in time and then take decisions like that, and even on game days, they can present the news to the team. A whole new world for us. So I'm looking forward to go back and watching all the Championship games tonight and tomorrow, and then find out how many suspensions there will be between now and the weekend. “I don't think I give away too much of our preparation if I say that Kenny was a part of our preparation, but at 3pm we needed to change that, and we needed to change the line up, and of course bring a player in Marcelino (Nunez) onto the pitch, which was not ideal for us because he struggled with an injury, and not ideal for him to play another game so close to Saturday's game. So we also put that at risk. “It's not the way that I'm used to working in the federations I've been a part of, and it goes from the Danish one to Uefa. It's a new world for me, and I cannot do anything else than except that's probably how it is. But I think it's a surprise to everyone working within professional football.”
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