How Can the Lions Take Back the NFC North?
Following a loss to the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday Night Football, the Lions dropped to 6-4 on the season. Hours before, the Chicago Bears defeated the Vikings, moving to 7-3 and positioning themselves as frontrunners in the NFC North. The Lions still have plenty of time to take back the North, especially with their strength of schedule coming up in the next couple of weeks. They still have three remaining divisional games that will determine their playoff hopes. Being 1-2 in the division so far does not help their case by any means. This just proves that the NFC North has become much more difficult over the course of the 2025 NFL Season.
Detroit needs to get back to Dan Campbell football: physical and aggressive. In their four losses, the Lions have averaged around 15 points per game, while giving up 25 points on the defensive side of the ball. That recipe alone won’t win you football games, nor will it help you during your games once you reach January. Once they return to their brand of football, this team is hard to stop, especially with a high-functioning offense.
The missed tackles and blown coverages against the Eagles ultimately led to the loss. Although they held Jalen Hurts to 135 yards, they were only able to sack him one time throughout the game. They allowed the Eagles to enter the red zone three times, which is not bad by any means, but the Lions themselves only got there once during their offensive struggles. It just wasn’t the day for Detroit offensively. Jared Goff threw one interception during his 37% completion percentage game.
All in all, there are still several winnable games remaining on the schedule for Detroit. These divisional games are must-win if they want to make a run in the playoffs. The Bears, head coached by former Lions’ offensive coordinator Ben Johnson, have come out of nowhere this season and taken the league by storm, but do the Lions have what it takes to ruin the former Detroit coordinator’s first year as a head coach? The first game against the Bears favored Detroit from the kickoff, but the next game between the two could hold high value when talking about playoff hopes.
