The Lions of Detroit and their fans hoped that the 2025 season would start with something big for them.
Even the star recipient Amon-Ra St. Brown called for a high-level confrontation during week 1.
For him, it was the first match of the NFL season against the Eagles of Philadelphia.
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Now we know that this will not happen because it has been revealed that the Eagles would boot the season with a match against a rival of the NFC East in the Dallas Cowboys.
Fortunately for the Lions, it seems that it may not mean that the team will fail to be part of an important match to start the season.
The Detroit lions offensive nestled against the Vikings of Minnesota Junfu Han & Sol; USA Today Network via Imagn Images
In fact, they could even be able to face their own rival division.
In an article on social networks of May 12, “The Purple Persuasion” revealed that a source told them that the Lions would meet the Vikings of Minnesota in week 1 with the potential for a game during prime time.
The last time these two teams met was the most important match in the regular season of 2024.
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When the Vikings went to Ford Field in the week 18, the title NFC North was online and was the seeded of the NFC. The loser would fall to the fifth seeded.
The Lions ended up dominating the match, winning a 31-9 victory and their second consecutive division title.
When the Lions and the Vikings meet, the two teams will be very different from the teams in this match.
The Lions have not changed their staff much, but they will be much healthier.
Meanwhile, the Vikings have revised their offensive line and will have JJ McCarthy under the center after an injury cost him all his recruit season.
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If this is the way the season begins, it will be an extremely important match to start its quest for a third consecutive division title and would be a fairly strong consolation price after missing a meeting of week 1 with the reigning champions.
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