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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 club is headquartered in Allen Park, Michigan, and owned by Sheila Ford Hamp. General manager Brad Holmes and head coach Dan Campbell oversee a roster featuring quarterback Jared Goff, running back Jahmyr Gibbs, receivers Amon-Ra St. Brown and Jameson Williams, offensive lineman Penei Sewell, and defensive standout Aidan Hutchinson. The franchise endured lean years in the 2010s and early 2020s—going 2–14 in 2009, 3–12–1 in 2019, and 3–13–1 in 2021—before a dramatic turnaround. A 9–8 finish in 2022 gave way to a 12–5 playoff season in 2023, followed by a 15–2 record in 2024, the best in recent memory. The 2025 campaign settled at 9–8, and the 2026 season stands at 1–1.
The 200 most recent checkable claims, from 85 pundits · 200 settled, averaging 44 out of 100.
The seasons we hold results for, 2009 to 2026.
| Season | Record | Finish |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2–1 | — |
| 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 91% 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.
“I just don't see any reason not to believe that the Lions are gonna take this.”
| 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 99% of the room, across 2 articles · on this team not settled yet
more bearish than 97% of the room, across 4 articles · on this team not settled yet
more bearish than 89% of the room, across 2 articles · on this team not settled yet
“And I got the Lions finishing first, and that's our NFC North breakdown”
“The Detroit Lions have been on the rise and I can see them making it back to the playoffs.”
“I'm going with the Bills and the Lions as my Super Bowl.”
“I would absolutely pick them to win the NFC North. Again this year.”
“I'm with you, I think the Lions again... they're well positioned to kind of remain at least as the favorites”
“And it's got to be the Detroit Lions... I just don't see anybody challenging this team”
“I save the Lions at the top... not an FC no, but of their division”
“Next up, NFC North. I'm keeping at the same... So my playoff picture in the NFC Eagles, Lions, Bucks, Rams, Commanders, Bears, Seahawks.”
“I'm all in on the Lions winning it and the Bears going to a wildcard spot.”
“So my division winners Eagles, Lions, Falcons, Rams”
“If it's Lions Eagles, knowing what you currently know... I think the Lions in Detroit respectfully destroy the Eagles.”
“I'm gonna go with the the Saints North Detroit Lions.”
“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.”
“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.”