THE Detroit lions I have not yet had their full regular season schedule, but we already know a few things about what the team will be confronted with the 2025 season.
The Lions finished with a franchise record 15 regular seasonal victories in 2024, but fell into the divisional round of the 45-31 qualifying series at the Washington Commanders To put an end to their hopes of the Super Bowl.
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But these hopes will be relaunched this season with a still talented team and a difficult calendar to come.
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The NFL will reveal its complete calendar for the 32 teams in a program at prospective hours on Wednesday May 14. The show will be broadcast on NFL Network and the NFL digital platform at 8 p.m. HE.
Here are five things to know about the Lions 2025 Lions calendar before revelation:
N ° 1: the Detroit lions have a difficult schedule
Although we did not yet know the lions’ complete calendar, we know who they will play in the coming season.
Apart from playing in undoubtedly the most difficult division of the NFL, the Lions will also play against many winning teams from the 2024 season, including the defense of the Super Bowl-Champion Philadelphia Eagles and AFC champion Chiefs of Kansas City.
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This gives the Lions the third scheduled schedule the most apron in the NFL for the coming season, according to the expert in the Paris Warren Sharp.
Based on the victories totals, the Lions ended up with the seventh most apron calendar in 2024 and have always finished with seeded n ° 1 in the NFC.
N ° 2: Detroit Lions has more games on the road than home matches
Detroit Lions Running Back Jahmyr Gibbs (26) against Green Bay Packers during the second half at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin, Sunday, November 3, 2024.
Since the NFL teams started playing a Regular season of 17 games in 2021The NFL teams had an unequal number of home and on the road to the regular season. And since the Lions have played more home games than matches on the 2024 regular season, this configuration will return to 2025.
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The Lions will play eight home games and nine regular season games in 2025. And many of their road matches could be brutal, with visits to Philadelphia, Kansas City, Los Angeles and Baltimore, as well as their annual visits to Minnesota, Green Bay and Chicago on the calendar.
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N ° 3: The Detroit Lions Thanksgiving game will have a different start hour
The quarter of the Lions of Detroit Jared Goff (16), DJ Tackle DJ reader (98), the Large Receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown (14), the Ballon bearer Jahmyr Gibbs (26), the assistant Al-Quadin Muhammad (69) celebrate his victory against the Bears of Chicago with Detroit Turkey after 23-20.
The traditional Lions launch time for their annual Thanksgiving game will be changed for the 2025 edition.
But this is not a big change, because time moves 30 minutes later at 1 p.m. he.
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According to the NFL commissioner, Roger Goodell, the change will reflect the typical League Sunday calendar, with the first match at 1 p.m. and the second match (hosted by the Dallas Cowboys) at 4:25 p.m.
N ° 4: Detroit Lions will play in the annual match of the pre-season renown temple
August 3, 2019; Canton, oh, USA; General general view of the temple of renown of professional football. Compulsory credit: Kirby Lee-USA Sports today
Although we did not know the lions’ complete calendar, we know when we see the lions take the field for the first time.
The Lions will play against Los Angeles in charge during the annual renowned temple match on Thursday July 31 in Canton, Ohio. He will mark the first pre-season match of the team in 2025.
The legend of the Native of Detroit and the Charges Antonio Gates 2025 class of the fame of fameWho also includes the corner half Eric Allen, the defensive winger Jared Allen and the large Sterling Sharpe receiver.
N ° 5: Detroit Lions will probably play a lot of games during great listening hours
The Lions played in five games at prospective hours in 2023 and six others in 2024, which made the tendency of lions which are almost never on television at the past hours the previous decade.
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And NFL radiudiffusers will have a lot of matches ready for grande hours, whether it is a revenge match against Los Angeles Rams led by Matthew Stafford, a revenge match of the playoffs against commanders or large -scale matches against Eagles and Chiefs.
Nothing is official, but you can count on the fact that lions are a large draw.
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