2026 NFL schedule: Detroit Lions favored in nearly every game

Detroit Lions quarterback Jared Goff (16) walks off the field after 44-30 win at Ford Field in Detroit on Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025. | Junfu Han / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Late last week, Erik Schlitt and I made our best predictions for the Detroit Lions’ 2026 season based on the recently released NFL schedule. We did our best to try and stay as objective as possible, but couldn’t help but pick pretty great final records based on our game-by-game predictions. But it turns out our predic