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National Football Conference · NFC North
The Detroit Lions were founded in 1930 in Portsmouth, Ohio, and now play their home games at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan. The franchise is owned by Sheila Ford Hamp, with Brad Holmes serving as general manager and Dan Campbell as head coach. The club is headquartered in Allen Park, Michigan. The Lions endured a stretch of difficult seasons in the late 2010s and early 2020s, including a 3–12–1 finish in 2019 and a 3–13–1 record in 2021. The turnaround began in 2022 with a 9–8 record, followed by a 12–5 playoff season in 2023 and a dominant 15–2 campaign in 2024. The 2025 season saw a step back to 9–8. The current roster features notable players including quarterback Jared Goff, running backs Jahmyr Gibbs and Isiah Pacheco, offensive lineman Penei Sewell, receivers Amon-Ra St. Brown and Jameson Williams, tight end Sam LaPorta, and defensive standout Aidan Hutchinson.
The 200 most recent checkable claims, from 81 pundits · 200 settled, averaging 42 out of 100.
The seasons we hold results for, 2009 to 2026.
| Season | Record | Finish |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1–0 | — |
| 2025 | 9–8 | — |
| 2024 | 15–2 | Made the playoffs |
| 2023 | 12–5 | Made the playoffs |
| 2022 | 9–8 | — |
| 2021 | 3–13–1 | — |
| 2020 | 5–11 | — |
| 2019 | 3–12–1 | — |
| 2018 | 6–10 | — |
| 2017 | 9–7 | — |
| 2016 |
Each pundit’s standing lean on Detroit Lions, measured against every other pundit who made a comparable call — same kind of claim, same season. +100 would mean the most bullish voice in every room; −100 the most bearish. At least two articles per pundit before a lean is shown, and the accuracy is how that pundit’s settled calls about this team have graded out.
more bullish than 97% of the room, across 2 articles · on this team not settled yet
more bullish than 93% of the room, across 3 articles · on this team not settled yet
Page 3 of 5 — unsettled claims first, then the settled ones, newest first.
“The Eagles, the Lions. I've been talking about the Lions, and you know, I do the Lion King chant because I believe that they're going to the super Bowl.”
| 9–7 |
| Made the playoffs |
| 2015 | 7–9 | — |
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| 2010 | 6–10 | — |
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| 2009 | 2–14 | — |
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more bullish than 88% of the room, across 3 articles · on this team not settled yet
more bearish than 98% of the room, across 3 articles · on this team not settled yet
more bearish than 89% of the room, across 2 articles · on this team not settled yet
more bearish than 87% of the room, across 3 articles · 67.0 accuracy on this team (1 settled)
“I had Bill's Lions, and I had Lions Eagles in the NFC Championship game, So I feel good about all that.”
“I've been talking about the Lions, and you know, I do the Lion King chant because I believe that they're going to the Super Bowl.”
“I think what I saw out of the Lions is the grit that would require them to actually, go to the Super Bowl... they have the smarts and they have the personnel somehow, some way to actually win this conference.”
“The Lions might even win their division, pal.”
“the Lions are well on their way to winning the NFC North and the No. 1 seed in the NFC”
“With a 10-1 record, the Lions are well on their way to winning the NFC North and the No. 1 seed in the NFC.”
“NFC North Detroit Lions: 10-7 ... 4. Lions”
“NFC North: Detroit Lions, Green Bay Packers, Minnesota Vikings, Chicago Bears”
“A key Mesidore ends up going to the Detroit lines to team up with Aidan Hutchinson.”
“just to be different, I'm gonna go with Hakeem Mazadore because, he's on the board still... (Lions at pick 17 in the twenty twenty six NFL draft)”
“The Lions still need an edge rusher opposite Aidan Hutchinson. They go with Messador”
“Detroit Lions, a Keen Messador, and from Miami”
“he joins his fellow buck guy a key messidor the other defensive team at Miami... that feels like a gritty type of player that fits in with the Lions culture and with Aiden Hutchinson already there”
“At seventeen, the Lions are up... But I have them taking Blake Miller, the tackle out of Clemson.”
“Who did the oh, Joel Clatt with Fox Sports said Blake Miller, offensive tackle out of Clemson.”
“Lions on the clock. And this pit, Vanga Yawanda just seems like a... Dan Campbell pick.”
“With the seventeenth overall pick... the Detroit Lions select Spencer Fano, tackle, Utah.”
“Monroe Freeling goes to the Detroit Lions at pick 17 after that, the offensive tackle out of Georgia.”
“the way this has fallen, they get Fano”
“even Caden Procter going, you know, a guy who could be a a, you know, a a guard and and and tackle Flex going to the Lions at 17”
“And then Spencer Fano, who some people have been mocked all the way up to number nine... But the Lions all of a sudden, what was their strength offensive line, they now really need to address.”
“I mocked Caden Proctor to Detroit at 17 because I just think the SEC factor, the Alabama factor, Brad Holmes likes Alabama players”
“Reed has the lions at 50 taking Michigan edge, Derek Moore, with their second round pick.”
“So at number 17 in Jordan reads, espn.com mock draft, He is the lion selecting Monroe Freeling, the tackle from Georgia.”
“We go to Detroit at 17 and this one feels like a Brad Holmes pick... It's Caden Proctor, tackle from Alabama.”
“Number 17, Detroit Lions. I think this is Caden Proctor's floor.”
“With the seventeenth pick in the twenty twenty six NFL draft, the Detroit Lions select. Spencer Fano at pick 17 out of Utah.”
“So backup pick, I would take the guard, Oliva Vega, Yoani... So he would be a guard for the for the lions.”
“Love your fan o pick. Love it. So that's who I had in my mark draft, so to speak.”
“who Mel Kuiper mock to the lions in his latest draft at pick number 17, Kaiden Proctor”
“Colton Pouncey, mocked, Caleb Lomu from Utah to the Detroit Lions ... a guy that is deemed, viable at the seventeenth pick”
“One more from Daniel Jeremiah on NFL dot com. Monroe Freeling, the tackle out of Georgia.”
“I really do think the lions can start to be in play at pick number 17 for the rest of that class”
“Texas A and M, Cassius Howell, SEC player of the year defensively... I just feel like there's gonna be a talented edge rusher to snag there at pick number 17”
“one that sticks out to me is the guy from Penn State... personally, I think they need to draft an interior alignment at that spot.”
“17, Caden Proctor, gigantic left tackle out of Bama, goes to the Lions.”
“Detroit Lions, pick 17 ... Caleb Lomu, the Utah tackle”
“He fell for the lions... Jermott McCoy, the Tennessee quarterback. A true shutdown man potential corner for the Detroit lions.”
“So linebacker, the one guy we agree on is Jack Campbell from Detroit Lions.”