To say the 2025 NFL season was disappointing for the Detroit Lions would be an understatement.
They capped the 2023 season with their first trip to an NFC Championship Game since 1991 and set the next-best record in franchise history in 2024, finishing 15-2 and earning the top NFC seed in the playoffs for the first time ever. But things took a turn for the worse last season, as the Lions faltered and posted just a 9-8 finish – continuing their streak of winning seasons but falling short of a postseason bid.
Detroit would certainly like to get back to the peak it reached in the prior two seasons and avoid a repeat of last year when it takes the field in 2026. So what is the ceiling (and the floor) for the Lions this year?
Ceiling: 15-2
Jared Goff, Amon-Ra St. Brown, Jahmyr Gibbs – many of the key pieces are still in place from those wildly successful runs in recent years. It's very possible that 2025 was an anomaly, and there's little reason to think that the Lions can't match their 15-win season from 2024 once again. This team has everything they need to be a Super Bowl contender if things go well.
They capped the 2023 season with their first trip to an NFC Championship Game since 1991 and set the next-best record in franchise history in 2024, finishing 15-2 and earning the top NFC seed in the playoffs for the first time ever. But things took a turn for the worse last season, as the Lions faltered and posted just a 9-8 finish – continuing their streak of winning seasons but falling short of a postseason bid.
Detroit would certainly like to get back to the peak it reached in the prior two seasons and avoid a repeat of last year when it takes the field in 2026. So what is the ceiling (and the floor) for the Lions this year?
Ceiling: 15-2
Jared Goff, Amon-Ra St. Brown, Jahmyr Gibbs – many of the key pieces are still in place from those wildly successful runs in recent years. It's very possible that 2025 was an anomaly, and there's little reason to think that the Lions can't match their 15-win season from 2024 once again. This team has everything they need to be a Super Bowl contender if things go well.
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