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The Detroit Lions are projected to have the easiest schedule in the NFL for the 2026 season, following a disappointing 2025 campaign. Fans are optimistic about a bounce-back year under coach Dan Campbell and quarterback Jared Goff.
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Detroit Lions fans are hopeful that Dan Campbell, Jared Goff and Co. can author a bounce back 2026 campaign.
After addressing some of its key needs in the 2026 NFL Draft, the Lions enter offseason workouts with their sights set upon reentering the championship conversation.
After back-to-back NFC North crowns in 2023 and 2024, Detroit slumped to a 9-8 record and last-place finish in the division in 2025. But, that did bring one positive for 2026: The Lions are facing a fourth-place schedule.
And, after crunching some numbers, Warren Sharp says it's even better than that. Using Vegas oddsmakers' forecasted win totals, Sharp reports that the Lions have the easiest NFL schedule next season.
Sharp's strength of schedule rankings were ranked from easiest (No. 1) to hardest (No. 32). The rest of the NFC North's strength of schedule rankings shake out like this according to Warren Sharp:
Sharp notes that strength of schedule rankings are not based on teams' records from the previous season. Sharp argues that predicted win totals incorporate current information about team strength, including offseason acquisitions, injuries, and coaching changes and therefore are a better indicator of future performance.
The Lions are facing a fourth-place schedule, which typically features weaker opponents, and projections indicate they have the lowest forecasted win totals among teams.
The Lions finished the 2025 season with a 9-8 record, placing them last in the NFC North after winning the division in the previous two years.
Key players for the Lions in 2026 include head coach Dan Campbell and quarterback Jared Goff, who are expected to lead the team in their efforts to improve.
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The Lions' Vegas win total is set at 10.5. The Packers' win total is also 10.5, the Bears' win total is 9.5 and the Vikings' win total is 8.5.
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