Oh, did you think that our Detroit Lions rooting guide died with the team’s playoff chances? Absolutely not. We just shift the focus to 2026 and the things that could help this franchise bounce back in a big way next season.

Yes, it’s time to talk about 2026 NFL Draft position for these 8-8 Detroit Lions.

Look, I don’t like it. You probably don’t like it. But it’s the reality that we’re facing here. The playoffs or over, so if you look at things practically, the best outcomes are those that help improve draft position—and possibly the 2026 schedule—and, yes,...

The Detroit Lions have been eliminated from the playoffs for the first time in three years. That last time was 2022, when just before the Lions were scheduled to play the Green Bay Packers for a potential win-and-you’re-in scenario, the Seattle Seahawks eliminated Detroit with an overtime win.

The Lions didn’t seem to care much that Sunday evening. They went on to beat the Packers in a spirited Sunday night matchup, kicking Green Bay out of the playoffs and ending their 2022 season on a high note. The Lions parlayed that win—part of their 8-2 finish to the season—into back-to-back...

Thus ends the Detroit Lions’ 2025 campaign. The dream was dying after a loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers last week, but it is officially dead following the Christmas Day loss to the Minnesota Vikings. Detroit has fallen to 8-8 on the season, an embarrassing and disappointing fall from their 15-2 season the year prior.

The Lions still have one game left to play, but it matters little besides pride for a prideless team. Officially, there are winners and losers from this game, but as a whole, the entire Lions organization is a loser this week and this year.

Loser:...

While the Detroit Lions entered this game with slim hopes for the postseason, they let their final opportunity slip through their fingers with self-inflicted mistakes (six turnovers) and another ineffective game plan. Let’s take a look at how the Lions adapted their approach to their rematch with the Minnesota Vikings.

Quarterbacks:

• Jared Goff: 64 snaps (100%)
• Kyle Allen: 0 (0%)

After being efficient with the football all season, Goff accounted for five of the Lions’ six turnovers on the day. While you can argue he wasn’t at fault in several of the mistakes, there were clear chemistry...

On the Detroit Lions’ final injury report of the week in the lead up to their Christmas Day bout with the Minnesota Vikings, the team did not even list starting center Graham Glasgow with an injury designation. He was good to go after tallying two full practices this week—albeit in walkthroughs, not actual practices.

So it was a bit surprising to see that the Lions ended up trotting out second-year Kingsley Eguakun as the starting center against the Vikings.

It was a day to forget for Eguakun, who was just making his second career start. Against a tough and cerebral...

Welp, the season is over. Although there is still a game next week against the Chicago Bears, the Detroit Lions have nothing to play for but a winning record. Heading into the Christmas Day showdown against the Minnesota Vikings, the Lions still had the possibility of making the playoffs. What they needed was to win their next two games and have the Green Bay Packers lose their next two.

Detroit couldn’t even defeat Minnesota.

The offense chose to have its worst game of the season at the worst possible time, and the Vikings’ defense took advantage of it.

Here are...

The Detroit Lions are not in a good place right now. They’ve been eliminated from playoff contention, they’re on a three-game losing streak, and they’re currently playing some of the worst football they’ve played in the Dan Campbell era. It’s extremely concerning to see the team take this big of a step back and do very little to improve their situation throughout the course of the season.

But if you’re the type that is looking for sliver linings in Detroit’s epic collapse, there is one.

The Lions are currently in last place in the NFC North, representing a pretty huge...

The Detroit Lions are on the verge of going first to worst. After a thrilling 15-win season in 2024 in which the Lions earned the NFC’s top seed for the first time in franchise history, the Lions are 8-8, eliminated from the playoffs, and current reside at the very bottom of the NFC North.

The Minnesota Vikings, who have eliminated from the playoffs for a few weeks now, delivered the death blow to the season in an ugly game for the Lions offense. Detroit managed just 3.61 yards per offensive play, their worst efficiency mark since 2020, and sixth-worst single-game...

The Detroit Lions’ lost to a third-string, undrafted rookie quarterback who completed eight passes for 51 yards—just barely enough to offset the 48 yards of sack yardage he lost.

That’s how bad the Lions’ offense was against the Minnesota Vikings in their (essentially) season-ending loss on Christmas. Let’s break it all down in our penultimate report card of the Lions’ 2025 season.

Quarterback: D-

Goff had a fantastic drive where he made a few incredible plays that helped the Lions convert a third-and-16, a third-and-9, a third-and-15, and a fourth-and-goal from the 4-yard line. Everything else was a pretty...

The Detroit Lions and Minnesota Vikings are tied at halftime, 7-7. Stick with us right here for the second of the Christmas Day game, and chat with us in the comment section at the bottom of the page.

Merry Christmas, Detroit Lions fans!

I know the franchise isn’t where we want it to be right now, but Thursday is another opportunity for them to beat a division rival, and that’s almost never a bad thing. The Minnesota Vikings may be beat up right now, so Detroit should have an easier-than-usual path to victory this time around. But this is also the Vikings that completed a pretty significant upset of the Lions on Detroit’s home turf. Nothing is currently a given with this Lions team.

But one thing is absolutely certain: if the Lions lose on Christmas, there will...

It’s last call for the Detroit Lions. While their playoff chances are already slim, if they lose their Christmas Day matchup against the Minnesota Vikings, it will officially be over. In order to make the postseason, the Lions need ot beat the Vikings this week, beat the Chicago Bears next week, and have the Green Bay Packers drop both of their final two games (vs. Ravens on Saturday, at Vikings next week).

The Lions are in a bit of a rut, dropping two straight games for the first time in three years. In the last 11 games, they’ve gone just...