The Detroit Lions OnSI staff reacts to the 2026 NFL Schedule officially being revealed. Vito Chirco: I'm going to say taking on the Buffalo Bills in Week 2 on Thursday Night Football.
When the NFL conducts its front office and coaching accelerator program beginning Monday, two members of the Detroit Lions coaching staff will be in attendance.
The Detroit Lions schedule is now officially available to review and examine. While Dan Campbell's squad is playing a fourth-place schedule, the ending stretch, which features three division games in four weeks on the road, presents the roster their biggest challenge.
How many of the active NFL players who have rushed for 1,000 or more yards in a season can you name in five minutes?
The Detroit Lions will play eight games at Ford Field in the 2026 NFL season. With the NFL moving to a 17-game schedule beginning in the 2021 season, and AFC and NFC teams have rotated the extra home game on a yearly basis.
With the 2026 draft in the books, teams are already looking toward 2027. Here's our way-too-early 2027 NFL mock draft, as of April 27, 2026.
Former Detroit Lions offensive coordinator Sherman Lewis has passed away at the age of 83. The ex-Michigan State Spartans halfback (1961-1963) finished third in the Heisman Trophy race his final season in college.
The Detroit Lions are among a handful of NFL teams that are expected to win double-digit games in 2026. Following the official release of the 2026 schedule, early betting odds have been established for each of the Lions' 17-games.
There are elements of the Detroit Lions' 2026 schedule that are concerning, and others that are exciting. As the Lions look to bounce back after a down 2025 season, their slate for the upcoming season is one that fans and pundits alike generally agree on as favorable.
The Detroit Lions went with a businesslike approach to their schedule release video. While many teams use creativity to unveil their schedule, the Lions went with a video that has been consistent with the team's messaging this year.
On May 14, the NFL released the official schedule for the 2026 season. With the release of the schedule, previously announced matchups officially have a date, opening up debates.
The Detroit Lions have decided to skip the rookie minicamp, choosing a path that focuses more on gradual player development rather than early reps. It’s a decision that stands out, especially since they’re the only team in the league taking this approach.
The early-round picks get most of the headlines, but the later rounds are where championships are often built. These 25 late-round picks from the 2026 draft have a chance to make impacts as rookies and beyond.
Detroit is betting that fewer early reps can still lead to faster real development. That is the gamble inside the Lions’ decision to skip rookie minicamp entirely.
The Detroit Lions' schedule is out, and the team now knows the road it will travel in 2026. Though the opponents for the schedule have been long finalized, Thursday marked the unveiling of the official schedule.
You don’t need to have a bunch of different streaming services and cable packages to watch the Lions in 2026 The Detroit Lions’ 2026 schedule dropped on Thursday night, and there are a lot of takeaways to talk about from a strength-of-schedule point of view, or that bye week point of view.
The Detroit Lions took a serious approach to their 2026 NFL schedule release video. Every year, a certain portion of NFL fans look forward to seeing how team's approach their videos.
The 2026 NFL schedule has officially been revealed. For sixth-year head coach Dan Campbell and the Detroit Lions, it’s an opportunity to right the wrongs of what was a disappointing 2025 season.
Thursday saw a concoction of creativity on 2026 NFL schedule release day. The Carolina Panthers brought out the explosives while Trevor Lawrence cut his hair to help unveil the Jacksonville Jaguars’ slate.
The Detroit Lions' 2026 schedule was officially revealed Thursday. Though the Lions have long known their opponents for the upcoming campaign, Thursday's announcement made their journey official.
Taking a look at what every opposing head coach the Lions will face this year as action figures of villians from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Every year, all 32 teams from the NFL do something fun during schedule release, and I don’t usually get involved with that stuff beyond watching it and laughing.
Heading into the new season, it appeared the Lions were going to catch a break. But, it just got harder for the Lions in the upcoming season.
The trend in the NFL is for teams to go out of their way to produce offseason videos. This is almost always the case in recent years when the NFL schedule is released.
The Lions have an easy schedule on paper, but man, it’s not going to be as easy as we all thought The Detroit Lions’ 2026 schedule has dropped, and we’ve already looked over each game and even given full-on game-by-game predictions.
New Orleans can get an early statement win. Either way, we'll learn something about the Saints, for better or worse.
The Lions are hoping their secondary can come back strong in 2026 after being decimated by injuries last year. Detroit’s starting four – D.J. Reed, Terrion Arnold, Brian Branch, and Kerby Joseph – all missed several games with the latter three ending the season on injured reserve.
The Detroit Lions announced they have officially signed all seven of their 2026 draft picks to rookie deals on Tuesday. Here’s a full look at Detroit’s 2026 draft class: Miller, 22, was a four-star recruit and the 16th-ranked offensive tackle in the 2022 recruiting class out of Strongsville, Ohio.
The Detroit Lions came into the 2026 NFL draft with a handful of critical holes to fill on their lineup, and they came out of it with many of those gaps closed.
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