Pride of Detroit
If you were a fan of draft position, this was not the outcome for you. If you were a fan of beating the Chicago Bears, grab yourself a seat and celebrate.
Despite a disappointing season for the Detroit Lions, they still walked away from their 2025 campaign with a sweep of the Ben Johnson-led Chicago Bears. The two teams had changed a lot since their Week 2 tilt, a game in which Detroit throttled Chicago 52-21. Since then, the two teams had gone in opposite directions in the NFC North, with Chicago rising to the division crown while Detroit fell out of contention. Despite the lack of stakes for Detroit, they still put together arguably their best outing in the past four weeks. Things got close, but Detroit still managed to walk away with a 19-16 victory.
Detroit has a lot of questions to answer next offseason, but at least the question of who owns the Bears is well understood.
Campbell nearly cost Detroit this game. The Lions were in the driver seat for most of the game, but late-game situational play calling almost sunk them yet again.
On a key third-and-short in the fourth quarter, the Lions got cute and tried to run a David Montgomery to Jared Goff pass. The play was read perfectly by the Bears defense, and Montgomery was stuffed for a loss. The Bears took the ensuing drive for eight points to tie the game. During Detroit’s next possession, they were rolling on ground and looked primed to close out the game, but they went away from what was working:
This has been an issue for Campbell since taking over play calling duties from John Morton. On average, I think the offense is decent when it comes to play calling. However, when the minutes wind down and every decision becomes pivotal, Campbell has seemingly made the wrong one time after time. There is no other way to put it: the Lions need a home run with their next offensive coordinator hire.
And please, dial up more Texas routes for Jahmyr Gibbs.
Saint wants an All-Pro nod.
The fact that it was a mean-nothing game meant nothing to St. Brown, who played like the playoffs were on the line. He and Jared Goff were synced up early and often, with St. Brown totaling 110 yards on nine receptions in the first half alone. There was a sharp decline in the second half (only added two catches), but he delivered on a game-sealing 26-yard catch in the final minute of the game. He finished the day with 11 catches for 139 yards.
Though 2025 was a regression for St. Brown in terms of drops, he firmly delivered as the go-to option in the offense. This was especially important given the injury to Sam LaPorta and the inefficiency from the run game. His reliability, coupled with the growth from Jameson Williams, bodes well for the future of...
