My Prediction For The 2023 Detroit Lions.

Jake Yono

JY Journalism

8/18/23

Last season my home NFL team, the Detroit Lions, finished with a winning record (9-8) for the first time since 2016 when they finished 9-7 but lost to the Seahawks in the wild-card round. The Lions are the most hyped-up team in the NFL this season. Their high hopes have made them the most placed bets on to win the super bowl on BET MGM. While the Super Bowl is pushing it for the Detroit Lions, I think the Lions have a good shot at winning the NFC North and have a way better season than last year's 9-8 season coming just short of the NFL playoffs.

Jared Goff and Dan Campbell have taken this Detroit team to new heights and have given them higher expectations for this season. Last season, the Lions were the only team to not have a scheduled primetime time until they played the Packers in week 18 on Sunday Night Football and won but just came short of the playoffs as the Seahawks had won earlier in the day. This season they have 4 scheduled primetime games including their Thanksgiving day game against the Packers and the Thursday night NFL season opener in Kansas City Against the defending champion the Chiefs. With all this the NFL and the networks these games are being televised on believe in the Detroit Lions and that they can do something special this season.

Everybody in the NFL world believes in the Detroit Lions but do I believe in them? Well, I don’t think the Lions can win the Super Bowl I do think they can make some noise in the playoffs this year. If they hold off the Vikings, they will win their division for the first time since 1991 where they also got their last playoff win. If they do not win the division there is still hope as the Lions will go 10-7 or 9-8 and if they do not win their division they can still make the playoffs through the wild card round (CBS Sports). I can agree with this article from CBS Sports, but there are better teams in the NFC that can challenge the Lions such as the Eagles, Cowboys, and 49ers. 

With every season ticket being sold out at Ford Field this year. The Lions have bigger and brighter hopes this season. I believe they will either finish 9-8, or 10-7, anything worse than that is a disappointing season and they probably will not make the playoffs. Detroit fans want to see a playoff win and not just a playoff appearance from them, doing this and anything better will be a winning season for the Lions and they will defy the expectations that I have set for them. Overall the Lions have higher hopes this season than they have had in a long time, it will be very exciting to see what the Detroit Lions can do in the 2023 NFL Season.