The NFL’s list of most disappointing Week 1 teams includes the Dolphins, Texans, Bengals, and Lions. And that pitiful display in Green Bay may have been the worst by any NFC squad. It was a nightmare start to life after Ben Johnson and Aaron Glenn, with national pundits’ preseason skepticism about the Lions looking prescient.
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To say the Detroit Lions’ season got off to a rocky start would be offensive to rocky starts. Their first half of football felt like the transition from a paved road to a dirt one in Michigan during March: equal parts jarring and maddening. How could you forget the sign clearly posted ahead of the…
This was certainly not the start that we were hoping for. It was never a foregone conclusion that the Detroit Lions would waltz into Lambeau Field and trounce the Green Bay Packers, but it was at least expected to be a competitive bout. Instead, the Lions were given a rude awakening and a stern reminder…
All bark, no bite. That summarized the Detroit Lions’ Week 1 failure against the Green Bay Packers. The Lions came into this game with Super Bowl aspirations and the confidence of an NFC North champion, yet Green Bay delivered a swift wake-up call to the team: it is a long season, and nothing can be…
It’s tough to find many silver linings in a 27-13 divisional loss, but a few Detroit Lions players still managed to stand out on Sunday afternoon. One of them—a rookie wide receiver making his NFL debut on the stat sheet—earned the first Pride of Detroit game ball of the regular season.
The wait is finally over after weeks of training camp, joint practices, and preseason games. Week 1 of the 2025 NFL season kicked off for the Detroit Lions in Lambeau Field, taking on the Green Bay Packers. The back-to-back NFC North champions were asked a tough task to start the season out, facing their biggest…
Ahead of every Detroit Lions game in 2025, we will provide readers with an updated depth chart of the team’s roster based on what we are seeing at practices. In Week 1, on Sunday afternoon, the Detroit Lions will face off against the Green Bay Packers in an NFC North matchup to kick off the…
The Detroit Lions start the 2025 campaign by taking on the Green Bay Packers in Lambeau Field on Sunday afternoon as the NFC North division battle kicks off with two divisional games in Week 1. “Division opponent at Lambeau, nationally televised game. I mean, we love this stuff, we live for this, so this is…
On the eve of the Detroit Lions’ first game of the 2025 season, the team has reportedly agreed on a three-year extension with receiver Jameson Williams. As first reported by Jordan Schultz, Williams’ three-year deal is worth $83 million with $67 million guaranteed. If accurate, that’s an average of $27.7 million per year, which puts…
The Detroit Lions made three roster transactions ahead of the Week 1 matchup with the Green Bay Packers, placing offensive tackle Jamarco Jones on injured reserve, signing running back Jacob Saylors to the active roster, and elevating linebacker Anthony Pittman from the practice squad for this game. All three moves were direct results of injuries…
This Week 1 matchup was already among the most intriguing on the schedule and got even juicier with Jerry Jones letting Micah Parsons don a Cheesehead. The Green Bay Packers are getting all the offseason hype, but it’s the Detroit Lions who own a three-game winning streak in Green Bay, with their last loss dating…
They used to say the Detroit Lions and the Super Bowl are two things that don’t belong in the same sentence. But after the last 2.5 yards under coach Dan Campbell, it is no longer ridiculous to think that this could be the Lions’ year. They were on the precipice in 2023, and last year’s…
The Detroit Lions and Green Bay Packers have declared their injury designations ahead of their Week 1 matchup on Sunday afternoon, and the Lions will be without three of their reserves. Let’s take a look at Friday’s injury report and get you up to date with what we know.
Frank Ragnow and Levi Onwuzurike were pivotal trench contributors for the NFC’s No. 1 seed last season and were expected to again be foundational forces on the interior in 2025. Replicating their production on both sides of the ball won’t be easy. But a look inside the data lab reveals several Detroit Lions players whose…