Along with their usual home and away games against NFC North opponents – Green Bay, Chicago and Minnesota – the Lions will travel to Pittsburgh, Seattle, Cleveland, Los Angeles (Rams) and Atlanta.
The Lions will host Cincinnati, Baltimore, Arizona, San Francisco and Philadelphia.
We’ll have to wait and see where the Denver game will be played, if the NFL does add a 17th game to the slate next year.
That schedule includes nine games against teams that qualified for the playoffs this season (Green Bay, Chicago, Seattle, Los Angeles, Pittsburgh, Baltimore and Cleveland).
It sounds brutal now, but a lot of things happen between now and then. That’s why they play the games. I’ll make an early prediction that by this time next year they’ll win at least the Philadelphia game to finish 1-16 and secure the #2 overall pick in the draft.