When Minnesota and Detroit met on Oct. 20, the Lions took a 31-29 victory over the Vikings on a 44-yard field goal by Jake Bates with 15 seconds to play. If the teams’ Sunday night rematch to decide the No. 1 seed for the NFC playoffs comes down to a kick, Minnesota will be counting on its own rookie.

Vikings kicker Will Reichard missed two field-goal attempts — plus a third nullified by penalty — but cleared two others in Sunday’s 27-25 win over the Packers. The rookie sixth-round pick from Alabama is now 21-of-26 on the season.

He was a little shaky against the Green Bay Packers, missing a pair of field goals in the Vikings’ two-pint win.