Nolan Bianchi, Richard Silva, John Niyo and Bob Wojnowski of The Detroit News predict the Lions’ 2025 season.

▶ Nolan Bianchi: The 2025 Detroit Lions are a team with something to prove. Offensively, the Lions are looking to show that the magic didn’t leave with former offensive coordinator Ben Johnson. Defensively, 10 returning starters (including Alim McNeill, who’s working his way back from injury) hope to restore a level of dominance that showed up early last season but disappeared as attrition piled up. They’re underdogs again, a spot they love to be in, as the Packers have become NFC North favorites by taking a big swing on Micah Parsons. But even with a gauntlet of a schedule in front of them and the division changing dramatically around them, the Lions are largely the same tea

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