The Detroit Lions’ rule proposal to change NFL playoff seeding will be debated again next week.

During the owners meetings down in Florida earlier in the offseason, zero of the Detroit Lions’ three rule proposals for the 2025 season passed. The league declined the proposal to get rid of automatic first downs on illegal contact, and the opted to table their other two proposals—a change to how injured reserve works and a drastic change to the NFL’s playoff seeding policy.

Well, according to NFL insider Albert Breer, [the owners are expected to vote on the NFL playoff seeding change next...

Injuries have negatively impacted Marcus Davenport’s career or late, but Lions coaches are confident he can move past them.

The Detroit Lions have faced a lot of questions about their depth at defensive end and who will start opposite Aidan Hutchinson. Marcus Davenport has always seemed to be the answer for the starting job, although that has come with plenty of skepticism. Due to injuries, Davenport has played in just six games over the past two years, and he’s only played more than 13 games once in his seven-year career.

But on Thursday, Davenport got a full-throated endorsement from both...

The Detroit Lions defensive coaches provided some very important news about the depth chart in the secondary.

The Detroit Lions' secondary made some significant strides last year, but they are entering 2025 with a couple of significant questions. For one, Detroit doesn’t have clear, defined depth behind their two All-Pro-caliber safety. Additionally, the role of second-year cornerback Ennis Rakestraw—who missed most of his rookie season with injury—was only up for speculation.

During Thursday’s slew of press conferences with Lions defensive coaches, we got significant clarity on both issues.

Starting with Rakestraw, defensive backs coach Deshea Townsend made it crystal clear...

Now that the schedule has been released, which of the Lions’ regular season games are you most looking forward to?

With the 2025 NFL regular season schedule now released, it feels like a good time to break out the calendar and start circling some dates. For the Detroit Lions and their 12 nationally televised games, it looks like it could be another exciting year.

They get out of the gates with a tough stretch including a couple of NFC North foes, followed by a trip to Maryland to play the Baltimore Ravens on “Monday Night Football” in Week 3. There...

The Detroit Lions have one more significant advantage with their 2025 NFL schedule.

While the Detroit Lions are entering the 2025 NFL season with a historically-challenging road schedule, they do have an underlying advantage: they lead the league in net rest differential. According to ESPN’s Brian Burke, the Lions boast a +13-day net rest edge over their opponents. This means that, cumulatively, Detroit will have 13 more days of rest than the teams they face throughout the season. That number is tied for the second-most net rest difference against opponents going into each game since the league’s realignment in 2002....

Meko and Morgan are back on the Pride of Detroit YouTube channel breaking down Lions’ draft pick Miles Frazier’s film from his time at LSU.

Meko and I (Morgan) are back over on the Pride of Detroit YouTube Channel breaking down more tape from the Detroit Lions’ 2025 draft class. Next up, we have offensive lineman Miles Frazier out of Louisiana State University.

Selected in the fifth round of the 2025 NFL Draft at 171st overall, the Lions traded up with the New England Patriots to ensure they had the chance to draft Frazier. Now, along with second-round pick...

The Detroit Lions’ 2025 schedule is hard... their road schedule is grueling.

No matter how you slice it, the Detroit Lions’ 2025 schedule looks pretty darn difficult. And while perception of schedule rarely meets reality—as Ty Schalter pointed out in last week’s Pride of Detroit Direct Newsletter—the fact remains that Detroit has a lot of teams who are perceived as very talented on their slate this fall.

There are several ways to measure NFL strength of schedule, and each metric points to Detroit having one of the toughest roads in the 2025 regular season.

By last year’s record

If...

The Detroit Lions finally got themselves some Bye Week luck with the 2025 NFL schedule.

The Detroit Lions managed to avoid the bye week blues.

With the official release of the 2025 NFL schedule, we now have a clear picture of which teams Detroit will face and when. Equally important, however, is the bye week. This week off can provide much needed recovery for a weary and injured team.

The 2024 Lions were not fortunate in this regard. Their bye week came at the earliest possible time, Week 5. Though the Lions thrashed the Dallas Cowboys in Week 6 after...

Taking a deep look at how the Detroit Lions faired with the release of their 2025 schedule.

We’ve known the opponents for months, and now we've got the rest of the details. The when and in what order were figured out on Wednesday night as the Detroit Lions learned what their 2025 schedule looks like. Before we knew the order of the games, the Lions' schedule appeared daunting at first glance. Based on last season’s opponents’ winning percentage, they are tied for the second-toughest schedule, tied with the Chicago Bears and behind the New York Giants.

It’s not just the...

The full 2025 Detroit Lions schedule dropped Wednesday night. Which away games are you circling?

The 2025 NFL schedule is finally here, and you can find all the details on the Detroit Lions’ upcoming games here. The Lions were in high demand, getting five primetime games and 12 nationally televised games. Boy, how the tables have turned the last few years.

Question of the day: Which 2025 Lions road games do you want to attend?

This year, it feels like there are a lot of reasons to circle road games. The Lions open at the Packers, which I can’t...

The Lions open the 2025 season as road favorites over the Packers in Week 1.

The 2025 NFL regular season schedule was released on Wednesday night, and the Detroit Lions will kick things off at Lambeau Field, where they’ll take on their division rival Green Bay Packers.

The Lions and the Packers both made the playoffs in 2024, and each is considered a strong contender for the NFC North crown in 2025. But recent history has been on the side of Detroit, as the Lions have not only won the division title in back-to-back seasons, but they’ve also won six...

The Detroit Lions schedule of opponents looks difficult, but there is one benefit when it comes to their away games.

If you’ve taken a look at the Detroit Lions’ 2025 opponents, you know that it’s not exactly an easy slate of games. Their away schedule, alone, features seven outdoor games and seven contests against teams who made the playoffs in 2024—Bears and Bengals being the only exceptions.

But, as revealed by Bill Speros, the Lions’ road schedule does have one sneaky benefit: Detroit won’t have to travel much at all. Per Speros’ calculations, Detroit will only have to travel a...