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The Detroit Lions' 2026 schedule features a challenging end with three divisional road games after December 19. They have eight nationally televised games but face an early bye week in Week 6.
As if the Germany-to-Thanksgiving gauntlet wasnât enough, the Lions will have all three of their divisional road games played after December 19. That means a couple of cold, outdoor games in Green Bay and Chicago, and their road game against the Vikings will be on Sunday nightâmeaning itâll be a rowdy Minnesota crowd in Week 15. Thatâs an unenviable position to put the Lions in while they try to make a playoff run. Even the other game in that quartetâa home Monday Night Football game against the Giantsâcould be tougher than it looks with John Harbaugh at the helm in New York.
The Lions face a tough end to the season with three divisional road games after December 19, including cold outdoor games.
The Lions are scheduled for four primetime games in 2026, down from five the previous year.
The Lions have a Week 6 bye, which is one of the earliest in the NFL, coming before a challenging stretch of games.
In their first five games, the Lions face the Saints, Jets, Panthers, and Cardinals, all of which had losing records last year.
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While the Lions currently are only scheduled to have four primetime gamesâdown from five last yearâthe majority of their schedule is still nationally televised. In total, eight of their 16 games are currently scheduled to be nationally televised, with their Week 18 finale still a potential âSunday Night Footballâ candidate. Hereâs a look at all eight nationally televised games:
While the Lionsâ ending to the season could be very tough, the start of the season could allow for the Lions to get out to a nice start to the season. Four of the Lionsâ first five games are against teams that finished with a losing record last year: the Saints (6-11), Jets (3-14), Panthers (8-9), and Cardinals (3-14). While those teams could look very different in 2026, it would be disappointing if Detroit finished anything worse than 4-1 to start the year.
While we knew the Lions werenât likely to get a bye week after their Germany game because of its proximity to Thanksgiving, itâs still a massive disappointment to see the bye week come so early in the Lionsâ 2026 schedule. A Week 6 bye is the second-earliest available in the NFL, and it comes well before the toughest parts in Detroitâs schedule. It wouldâve been much nicer to see the Lions get a break right before their Germany game to get some rest headed into that three-games-in-12-days streak or a Week 14 bye that wouldâve helped prepare Detroit for that road division gauntlet at the end of the year.
We knew as soon as the Lions vs. Patriots game was destined for Germany that Detroitâs home schedule wasnât going to be too exciting. With a pretty milquetoast set of home opponents, itâs not all that surprising to see that of the Lionsâ eight games being played at Ford Field, six of them are scheduled for 1 p.m. ET: