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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 headquartered in Allen Park, Michigan, and owned by Sheila Ford Hamp. Brad Holmes serves as general manager, with Dan Campbell as head coach, Drew Petzing as offensive coordinator, and Kelvin Sheppard as defensive coordinator. The Lions endured a long stretch of difficult seasons, including a 2–14 finish in 2009, a 3–12–1 record in 2019, and another 3–13–1 campaign in 2021. The turnaround under Campbell has been dramatic: after going 9–8 in 2022, Detroit posted a 12–5 record and made the playoffs in 2023, then followed with a 15–2 regular season in 2024. The 2025 season saw a return to 9–8, and the Lions currently sit at 3–2 in 2026.
The 200 most recent checkable claims, from 97 pundits · 200 settled, averaging 67 out of 100.
Current Detroit Lions players with the most articles taking a call on them in the last 30 days.
The seasons we hold results for, 2009 to 2026.
| Season | Record | Finish |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 6–2 | — |
| 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 96% of the room, across 2 articles · on this team not settled yet
more bullish than 93% of the room, across 4 articles · on this team not settled yet
Page 3 of 5 — unsettled claims first, then the settled ones, newest first.
“Ty Schalter (3-0): Lions 34-13”
| 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 91% of the room, across 2 articles · on this team not settled yet
more bearish than 98% of the room, across 2 articles · on this team not settled yet
more bearish than 89% of the room, across 4 articles · on this team not settled yet
more bearish than 87% of the room, across 3 articles · on this team not settled yet
“Morgan Cannon (3-0): Lions 37-27 (Before the Roar podcast)”
“Alex Reno (3-0): Lions 35-24”
“John Whiticar (3-0): Lions 27-20”
“Erik Schlitt (3-0): Lions 31-27 (Scheme breakdown, Keys to victory)”
“Jerry Mallory (2-1): Lions 27-24”
“Anthony Balaj (2-1): Lions 45-20 (Key matchups)”
“Jeremy Reisman (3-0): Lions 37-31 (On Paper)”
“Al Karsten (2-1): Lions 38-24 (Key stats)”
“Ryan Mathews (3-0): Lions 31-21 (5 Q's)”
“Meko Scott (3-0): Lions 38-21 (Before the Roar podcast)”
“Week 4: "both the Jaguars-Bengals and Lions-Panthers games produce at least 85 combined points"”
“Gennaro Filice: Detroit Lions 30-23”
“Dan Parr: Detroit Lions 37-28”
“Brooke Cersosimo: Detroit Lions 26-23”
“Bobby Kownack: Detroit Lions 34-31”
“Jeremy Bergman: Detroit Lions 41-35”
“Moody's pick: Lions 31, Panthers 28”
“Walder's pick: Lions 34, Panthers 14”
“Maldonado's pick: Lions 31, Panthers 24”
“The Lions move to 3-1, thanks to some clutch plays down the stretch. Lions 30, Panthers 20”
“I believe Dan Campbell's squad leaves Charlotte with the Week 4 victory. Lions 34, Panthers 24”
“Lions 27, Panthers 23”
“Lions 31, Panthers 28”
“Lions 31-23 over Panthers”
“3834. 3834, Lions win this one on the road.”
“Give me the Lions to win by 10 points.”
“I think the lions are, gonna get back to business here. ... I think the Lions win on Sunday night”
“Yeah. Yeah. I'm also going lions... I think the lions just get more big plays.”
“Yeah. Panthers just too beat up. I'll take the lines.”
“Prediction: Lions 34, Panthers 24”
“The Lions are simply going to outscore the Panthers in primetime … Prediction: Lions 35, Panthers 21”
“Projected score : Lions 30, Panthers 27”
“Pick: Lions 31, Panthers 26”
“the next three before the bye are objectively winnable: Jets, at Panthers, at Cardinals. If all goes well, they’ll be 4-1”
“Week four, you're at home against the Lions. That's a roster miss mismatch ... that's a l.”
“will roll with Miller once again after he returned following being out for their Week 2 game”
“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.”
“With the seventeenth overall pick... the Detroit Lions select Spencer Fano, tackle, Utah.”