PRESEASON
| DATE | OPPONENT | NETWORK | TIME (ET) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friday, August 12 | CINCINNATI BENGALS | WXYZ-TV ABC 7 | TBD |
| Friday, August 19 | at Cleveland Browns | WXYZ-TV ABC 7 | 7:30 p.m. |
| Saturday, August 27 | NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS | CBS # | 8:00 p.m. |
| Thursday, September 1 | at Buffalo Bills | WXYZ-TV ABC 7 | 6:30 p.m. |
REGULAR SEASON
| DATE | OPPONENT | NETWORK | TIME (ET) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday, September 11 | at Tampa Bay Buccaneers | FOX | 1:00 p.m. |
| Sunday, September 18 | KANSAS CITY CHIEFS | CBS | 1:00 p.m. |
| Sunday, September 25 | at Minnesota Vikings | FOX | 1:00 p.m. |
| Sunday, October 2 | at Dallas Cowboys | FOX | 1:00 p.m. |
| Monday, October 10 | CHICAGO BEARS | FOX # | 8:30 p.m. |
| Sunday, October 16 | SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS | FOX | 1:00 p.m. |
| Sunday, October 23 | ATLANTA FALCONS | FOX | 1:00 p.m. |
| Sunday, October 30 | at Denver Broncos | FOX | 4:05 p.m. |
| Sunday, November 6 | *** BYE WEEK *** | ||
| Sunday, November 13 | at Chicago Bears | FOX | 1:00 p.m. |
| Sunday, November 20 | CAROLINA PANTHERS | FOX | 1:00 p.m. |
| Thursday, November 24 | GREEN BAY PACKERS | FOX # | 12:30 p.m. |
| Sunday, December 4 | at New Orleans Saints | FOX | 1:00 p.m. |
| Sunday, December 11 | MINNESOTA VIKINGS | FOX | 1:00 p.m. |
| Sunday, December 18 | at Oakland Raiders | FOX | 4:05 p.m. |
| Saturday, December 24 | SAN DIEGO CHARGERS | CBS | 4:05 p.m. |
| Sunday, January 1 | at Green Bay Packers | FOX | 1:00 p.m. |
I predict 10-6 and a playoff spot....Go Lions!
preseason:
Fri 8/12 Cincinnati Bengals Cincinnati (0-0) W 34 - 3
Fri 8/19 Cleveland Browns at Cleveland (0-0) W 30 - 28
Sat 8/27 New England Patriots New England (0-0) W 34 - 10
Thu 9/1 Buffalo Bills at Buffalo (0-0) W 16 - 6
Last time they did that well in preseason, the Lions went 0-16. :’)
I’ve been saying (not around here) that the Bills are no joke, and maybe people who know me in real life will listen to me now.
When I saw that they’d mounted a comeback and were within seven points, I figured the day wasn’t over.
Cheatin’ Bill Belichick’s Patriots lose to the Buffalo Bills, 34-31!
The ‘Niners are going to make that division interesting. Big turnaround story there.
When the Redskins beat Dallas Monday night, what will people say then?
The Browns edged the Dolphins. I don’t think either team will have that great a season, but both will play hard the whole way.
The Eagles and Falcons are going to crash and burn this season.
The Lions season is one I’m not going to take the time to predict at all, other than to say, they need to win their home games (one down, seven to go), and win three on the road (they’ve got two already, including one within the division) to win NFC Wild Card, maybe via tiebreakers; if they win four on the road, chances are they’ll win the division.
This is a must-win for the Lions, not to make the playoffs, but to let assert themselves as a professional football team capable of GETTING TO .500. A-holes. I’m so sick of this, year after year, decade after decade.
Then pick which two of their remaining three (message 249, this msg is in reply to it; Chargers, Raiders Packers) games they’ll win in hopes of making the NFC wild card. Ideally, they’d win all three (and knock the Peckers out of undefeated status — assuming the Raiders don’t do it first ;’), finish 11-5, and go to the playoffs. Right now they’re tied with the Bears and Falcons, and a game up on the Giants.
Chicago plays Denver, then has to face Seattle, Green Bay, and Minnesota. They’ll split these I think, beating Seattle and Minnesota (at least).
The Falcons face Carolina, Jacksonville, New Orleans, and Tampa Bay, and probably have a shot at beating all of them, including the Saints. More likely they’ll win just two. And they’ll have the tiebreaker over the Lions.
IOW, it’s just barely possible that the Lions could go as NFC wildcard with a 10-6 record. They will probably need (at minimum) 11 wins, as I noted back when they were 5-0 and needed only six more effin’ wins.
Of course, they could finish the season 7-9, and it wouldn’t surprise me in the least.
I’m so sick of this, year after year, decade after decade. Imagine — I’m really just rooting for them to NOT have a losing season by finishing 8-8. If they could win two effin’ games and finish 9-7, that would mark their first winning season since (brace yourself) 2000, which was also a 9-7 season, and it sez they finished 4th in their division that year.
You probably remember the 2000 season — the hillbilly Bobby Ross coached them to a screaming 5-4 record, and resigned after game nine. Gary Moeller, as ass’t coach, went 4-3 in his seven games as interim coach, then was dumped by football genius Matt Millen.
Vikings At Lions Score Update: Titus Young Puts Detroit On The Board Again
Dec 11 12:25p by Christopher Gates
http://minnesota.sbnation.com/minnesota-vikings/2011/12/11/2628281/vikings-at-lions-score-update-titus-young-puts-detroit-on-the-board
[snip] So, with 9:45 left in the first quarter at Ford Field, the Vikings have already turned the ball over twice and find themselves trailing the Detroit Lions by a score of 14-0. [snip]