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Eminem Narrates NFL, NBC Detroit Lions/Los Angeles Rams Opening Video

Check out Eminem hosting NBC's Sunday Night Football opening video for tonight's Detroit Lions/Los Angeles Rams NFL wild card game.

As we're writing this, we're basking in the glow that comes from knowing that the Dallas Cowboys have been bounced out of the playoffs (Jerry Jones was probably on the phone with Bill Belichick during halftime) – while one of the biggest storylines in the NFL this season is playing out as we speak. Yup, we're talking about the Detroit Lions hosting the Los Angeles Rams – a game so highly anticipated that it even got rap icon and Detroit Lions faithful Eminem onto social media to ask a "favor" of Los Angeles Rams QB Matthew Stafford – one he really didn't want him to refuse (more on that in a minute). Eminem also appeared in and narrated the opening video package for NBC's Sunday Night Football broadcast – one that really touches upon the emotions that are on the line and just how long Detriot has been waiting for this moment.

Eminem Needs "Favor" From LA Rams QB Matt Stafford

If you're a Lions fan, you're looking at your first NFC North title since 1993 – also the last season when the team hosted a playoff game. And then there is the matter of Lions QB Jared Goff and Stafford – who, until the 2021 offseason, quarterbacked each other's teams. Making it even more painfully awkward for Lions fans is that Stafford spent his first dozen seasons with the Lions before being traded to the Rams – only for Stafford to lead them to a Super Bowl win. So – long with the pressure of seeing your team finally having a shot at going some distance in the playoffs – you're dealing with the possibility of your old QB "coming home" to knock off the team that helped put him on the map.

It's not easy being a Detriot Lions fan – we're talking about some seriously long-suffering folks here. So when Eminem posts a video directed at Stafford asking the QB to do him & Lions fans "a favor," we get it. And the reminder of how he rapped for him in the past was a particularly nice touch on Eminem's part – the legend joined Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre, 50 Cent, Kendrick Lamar, Mary J. Blige & Anderson .Paak for the Super Bowl LVI halftime show in the game that saw Stafford & the Rams win the title. Here's a look at Eminem's efforts at some fan-based psychological warfare:

Between the two teams, the Rams hold a 45-41-1 advantage in their all-time series. In regards to the postseason, this will be there face-to-face since… wait for it… 1952, during the National Conference championship – with the Lions winning, 31-21, ahead of the team's second NFL Championship.

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