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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 5 of 5 — unsettled claims first, then the settled ones, newest first.
“Pene sewel Man absolute dog pro bowler and gonna be a perennial pro bowler. I would say for the next seven attends.”
| 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)
“This is my favorite pick of the entire week, is the Lions covering that big spread.”
“they score between thirty five and forty. Jayden has a fine game, and it's somewhere like thirty eight to twenty four.”
“I actually have a closer game. It is my most confident on the week in terms of who wins”
“The only change that we have is I had the Ravens over the Buffalo Bills. (otherwise same as Chiefs, Lions, Eagles)”
“I ended up with Chiefs, Lions, Eagles, Bills.”
“I like Monroe feeling here for the Lions”
“Detroit Lions, Caden Proctor left tackle Alabama”
“I picked the Lions to win on our show game debut, so I got to go by by that... I think this would be a good win for the Lions.”
“I have them only winning by six... Fifty seven percent”
“And they've been great coming off a loss in general this year ... and it's Jared goff coming back ... just Jared Goff returning to the friendly confines of a dome and everyone chanting his name and loving him, he'll do great ... I'm on that side too.”
“Ericson, you've got him at thirty.”
“He comes in as wide receiver thirty five, and both of you guys say, no, no... Fitzy, you've got him at twenty nine.”
“I have a three point win for Detroit.”
“The Lions, y'all, y'all in the row, y'all season over? All right, you'll see you're about to lose three in a row and your season over.”
“Now I have the Lions winning the super Bowl, but after I what Green Bay did to them.”
“It was me who picked the Lions to the super Bowl, and I'm feeling a little uneasy.”
“the Lions missed the playoffs at nine and eight”
“And the Eagles beat the Lions.”
“The Detroit Lions over there, they just know something about just just execution... I got the Detroit Lions.”
“I think the Lions matter. I think Dan Campbell's a great coach... Right over here next, NFC Wildcard”
“But Aiden Hutchinson is probably gonna win that award.”
“I'm going to take the third favorite to win it as my pick, which is Jamiir Gibbs.”
“I would say he's going to make five or six Pro Bowls in his time in the NFC”
“yeah let's go Calvin Banks. Then okay, he will go off the board to the Yes, Detroit Lions.”
“yeah let's go Calvin Banks. Then okay, he will go off the board to the Yes, Detroit Lions.”
“I would is kind of locked in on Tyler Booker, uh the the Beefy Guard as my Lions pick”
“Detroit Donovan Jackson who can slide right in and replace Zeidler who's a free agent.”
“But I think because of their own line and running game. I think offensively, they're a double digit win team for the next three to four years.”
“I like Detroit. I think Dan Campbell, the way they play, the getting healthy ... I'll take the straight lane the nine. And a half.”
“I will lay the points of the Lions. There you go, that's nine point.”
“You guys, the Lions are gonna win, but nine and a half is a lot. They'd have to win by ten. I don't see that happening.”
“it sounds and feels foolish to say that the Lions are gonna cover, but I think they will because they're at home, and I think their defense is strong enough to contain him. Thirty twenty covers”
“the at Home, especially the Lions just too powerful of a team. I could see him winning by like thirteen points”
“It should be Chiefs and Lions roll and get ready for the next step.”
“this may just come down to Jimmy's and Joe's I think the Lions players are just flat out better offensively and defensively than the Commanders”
“I would say health there's five teams that can win the Super Bowl. Lions, Eagles, Chiefs, Ravensville's”
“All right, we get next up with the Detroit Lions. That seventeenth pick... We'll take Monroe Freeling, the big left tackle out of Georgia”
“The Casius Howell pick to the Lions at seventeen”
“I know their division is hard, but getting to eleven wins, I love the Lions to get to at least eleven wins this coming season.”