In 2023, the Detroit Lions won their first division title after three decades. They proved that season wasn’t an accident last season by becoming back-to-back d

Detroit's 2025 slate will be a grind, with 11 games against teams that made the playoffs last season. The team will play eight home games and nine on the road, and will be battle-tested throughout the year for what it hopes is another postseason run.

This kicks off a tough four-game final stretch for the Lions as this is the first of three road games in their last four to end the 2025 regular season. These two clubs have had some close battles coming right down to the wire in each of the last two seasons,

While the Detroit Lions haven't had any games confirmed early in the NFL's rollout of the 2025 schedule, they have been rumored to be taking on a division rival in their season opener.

Detroit Lions linemen Mason Miller (63) Tate Ratledge (69) Kingsley Eguakun (65) and Miles Frazier (71) on the first day of practice for Detroit Lions rookies at the Detroit Lions Allen Park training facility on Friday, May 9 2025. Jacob Hamilton | MLive.com

That ranks 13th overall but the is also a lot more than any of Minnesota's NFC North rivals. Green Bay ranks 26th (12,929 miles), Chicago is 28th (12,522) and Detroit is 29th (11,411). The Chargers are far and away the team with the most travel miles on deck (37,086 miles), while the Bengals will travel the least miles (8,753).