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[jaadam4]

You and I will be up till the early hours.

Yeah I know. I thought of that as well. I generally change my sleep patterns for games like this.

[Futureshock]

Thats what Iwas thinking also....They seem to get better as the year goes on and KC should be nice in Sept....Also noticed the Lions play in GB on week 4 (also a Thursday night game) so weather wont be a factor in GB this year either.

Reid and Mahommes are 5-0 in openers

It would be awesome to win that game

[Iron Lion]

Week 9 bye though, not bad.

[ghandi]

Reid and Mahommes are 5-0 in openers

It would be awesome to win that game

Heard something today that said Mahomes has averaged almost 39 points a game in his openers? So much for maybe we can catch him by surprise.

[ghandi]

Did anyone notice if the Lions get their bye week when Metallica is in town so Dan Campbell can go to the concert?

[Iron Lion]

This regime has literally accomplished nothing and yet we're favored to win the division and we can't sneak up on anyone.

[whatever_gong82]

One very good thing about this year's schedule is that the last team that we'll have to play in cold weather is Chicago on Week 14.

[jaadam4]

This shit is pure gold

[Futureshock]

2023 Detroit Lions full 17-game schedule released!

By Jeremy Reisman

Here’s a look at the Detroit Lions’ full 2023 schedule (bold denotes nationally-televised games):

Week 1 — at Chiefs — Thursday, September 7 — 8:20 p.m. ET — NBC
Week 2 — vs. Seahawks — Sunday, September 17 — 1 p.m. ET — FOX
Week 3 — vs. Falcons — Sunday, September 24 — 1 p.m. ET — FOX
Week 4 — at Packers — Thursday, September 28 — 8:15 p.m. ET — Prime Video
Week 5 — vs. Panthers — Sunday, October 8 — 1 p.m. ET — FOX
Week 6 — at Buccaneers — Sunday, October 15 — 1 p.m. ET — FOX
Week 7 — at Ravens — Sunday, October 22 — 1 p.m. ET — FOX
Week 8 — vs. Raiders — Monday, October 30 — 8:15 p.m. ET — ESPN
Week 9 — BYE
Week 10 — at Chargers — Sunday, November 12 — 4:05 p.m. ET — CBS
Week 11 — vs. Bears — Sunday, November 19 — 1 p.m. ET — FOX
Week 12 — vs. Packers — Thursday, November 23 — 12:30 p.m. ET — FOX
Week 13 — at Saints — Sunday, December 3 — 1 p.m. ET — FOX
Week 14 — at Bears — Sunday, December 10 — 1 p.m. ET — FOX
Week 15 — vs. Broncos — TBD
Week 16 — at Vikings — Sunday, December 24 — 1 p.m. ET — FOX
Week 17 — at Cowboys — Saturday, December 30 — 8:15 p.m. ET — ESPN/ABC
Week 18 — Vikings — TBD

As a reminder, the NFL has the ability to flex several games this year, and Monday night games are now flexible, too. Here’s how that works:

• “Sunday Night Football” can be flexed twice between Week 5-10 and whenever they want between Week 13-17.
• “Monday Night Football” could be flexed in Week 13-17. Detroit’s Monday night contest in Week 8 vs. the Raiders cannot be flexed.

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[Nick Pappageorgio]

So…I hate Thursday night games. The short week can make things pretty hard. That being said, even though we have 3 Thursday games there’s only 2 short weeks….and both of those short weeks are the Packers (whom I don’t consider strong on any level). This is good. The only other short week is the last game of the season (after the ‘Boys on Monday)…and if things go well, that one might not matter that much.

It also gives us extra time to prepare for the Seahawks and Panthers games and Saints. A Bye before the Chargers on the road is also a favorable draw.

this is a decent looking schedule…if we split the first 2 we’re going to be in good shape. Starting week 3 there’s potential to go on a run.

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NFL’s vice president of broadcast explains why Lions were choice for Chiefs’ season opener

Posted by Charean Williams on May 11, 2023, 2:57 PM EDT

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Besides their three division opponents, the Chiefs play attractive home games against the Bills, Bengals, Dolphins and Eagles. Yet, they open the NFL’s season with a game against the Lions, the league announced Thursday.

That came as a surprise to many.

NFL vice president of broadcast Onnie Bose said on The Dan Patrick Show that the season-opening game in Kansas City was one of the games “we probably had our most passionate discussion about.”

“They have great home opponents this year,” Bose told Patrick, via Charles Goldman of USA Today. “We could have gone out with a Super Bowl rematch. We could have played Cincinnati, the [AFC] championship rematch. We could have played Buffalo. Any one of those games would have gotten blockbuster numbers. We considered all of them. They’ve got great divisional matchups. The AFC West always matters. The Chargers play great primetime games against the Chiefs. So we left ourselves open-minded.

“There are years where we say, ‘This is the one game we’re going to play on kickoff. This year, we kind of said, ‘There are a lot of games that we’ve got to consider.’ And as we went through the process, the Lions were one of those teams that we left in there. And we really like the narrative around that time, the culture that they’re building there. The way they finished their season, eight wins out of their last nine of 10 games. The last time we saw them on national television was the last game, game 272 of the regular season, and they were beating the Packers in Lambeau to keep Aaron Rodgers out of the playoffs. We really like that. There is a lot of energy there and we feel really good about starting the season with that energy against the Super Bowl champs.”

The bottom line: The stand-alone game to open the season on Super Bowl LVII banner night, with MVP Patrick Mahomes, is going to draw big ratings regardless the opponent.

“A couple of things to factor in there,” Bose said. “One, when you start with the Kansas City Chiefs and Patrick Mahomes — any Super Bowl champion is going to be attractive — but when you’ve got them in there, you’re going to have a high amount of attention, and it’s going to get a lot of viewership. He is kind of our gold standard at this point of the individual player that people are going to tune in to watch.”

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EXCLUSIVE Cam Sutton Interview, Detroit Lions NEW Cornerback

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Dan Campbell excited to see how Lions stack up with Chiefs in Week 1

Posted by Josh Alper on May 12, 2023, 11:01 AM EDT

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Expectations are higher for the Lions than they’ve been in a long time and they won’t have to wait long for a chance to make a statement about what kind of team they’ll be in 2023.

The Lions will be in Kansas City on Thursday, September 7 to face the Chiefs in the first game of the NFL season. During an appearance on NFL Network on Friday, Lions head coach Dan Campbell shared how he felt when he learned the Lions would be part of that marquee matchup.

Campbell said he told the team’s assistant coaches before the announcement that it would be “unbelievable” to draw the Chiefs in the opener and explained why he feels that way.

“Just because you get good work in, you play that game, you get 10 days to recover, game plan, get ready for the next opponent, and I’ll be danged if we didn’t draw it,” Campbell said. “And not only that, but we get Kansas City, the heavyweight champ. So we’re excited. I can’t tell you. The staff’s excited. I know our players are excited. I think everybody wants an opportunity to play the champ and see where you stack up. I know what Andy Reid’s about. We know what that team’s about. Highly competitive, they’re a champ. Year in and year out, they’re gonna be in the running. We’re looking forward to it. It’s gonna be great.”

A loss would get the Lions off on the wrong foot, but it would give the Lions a sense of where they stand to kick off a season they hope will end with a playoff berth.