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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.
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Page 4 of 5 — unsettled claims first, then the settled ones, newest first.
“Lions on the clock. And this pit, Vanga Yawanda just seems like a... Dan Campbell pick.”
| 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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“A key Mesidore ends up going to the Detroit lines to team up with Aidan Hutchinson.”
“Monroe Freeling goes to the Detroit Lions at pick 17 after that, the offensive tackle out of Georgia.”
“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 way this has fallen, they get Fano”
“At seventeen, the Lions are up... But I have them taking Blake Miller, the tackle out of Clemson.”
“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.”
“So at number 17 in Jordan reads, espn.com mock draft, He is the lion selecting Monroe Freeling, the tackle from Georgia.”
“Reed has the lions at 50 taking Michigan edge, Derek Moore, with their second round pick.”
“17. Detroit Lions — Cashius Howell , EDGE, Texas A&M”
“Number 17, Detroit Lions. I think this is Caden Proctor's floor.”
“The Casius Howell pick to the Lions at seventeen”
“The Lions still need an edge rusher opposite Aidan Hutchinson. They go with Messador”
“17. Detroit Lions — Max Iheanachor, OT, Arizona State”
“Detroit Lions, a Keen Messador, and from Miami”
“Colton Pouncey, mocked, Caleb Lomu from Utah to the Detroit Lions ... a guy that is deemed, viable at the seventeenth pick”
“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.”
“I'm going kayleb Blomo, the left tackle from Utah who needs to maybe get a little bit stronger, but is got a ton of upside”
“Detroit Lions, Caden Proctor left tackle Alabama”
“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”
“17, I have Mansoor Delaine, the LSU quarterback going to the Lions.”
“28. DETROIT LIONS Selection: Edge Donovan Ezeiruaku, Boston College”
“Twenty eighth overall Lions... So I gave him Dominic Esaraku from Boston College.”
“I would is kind of locked in on Tyler Booker, uh the the Beefy Guard as my Lions pick”
“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”
“We go to Detroit at 17 and this one feels like a Brad Holmes pick... It's Caden Proctor, tackle from Alabama.”
“I like Monroe feeling here for the Lions”
“17, Caden Proctor, gigantic left tackle out of Bama, goes to the Lions.”
“Number Seventeen, Detroit Lions... they're going to go with a Tackle From Georgia, monroe friedelan”
“The Lions are going to take Cayden Proctor, the massive offensive tackle from Alabama.”
“30. Detroit Lions Selection: Nic Anderson, WR, LSU”
“Tom Kennedy is the next man up among the outside receivers, and appears to have secured a roster spot.”
“Tom Kennedy is the next man up among the outside receivers, and appears to have secured a roster spot.”
“The fifth spot could be up for grabs, and right now Tom Kennedy appears to be the leader in the clubhouse for the role.”
“I like the Lions this week, Chris... I think the Jets lose by a touchdown.”
“I think Detroit's gonna come out so angry... I think Detroit's gonna show everybody that there's still a good football team... we're gonna kick the shit out of the Jets at home.”
“Yeah. I I think so too. I I think they're racing for a 40 burger potentially in this game.”
“I'll go with the Lions. I I I think the defense plays a little bit better, but, like, I think this is an offensive driven game for them, and they scored, like, 35 points.”
“And I got the Detroit Lions winning this game. 24 to 21.”