Finally, our 2025 Detroit Lions Madden simulations got it wrong. After a strong 2-0 start to predicting the actual results of Lions games, last week’s Lions vs. Ravens simulation got it wrong… way wrong. What Madden predicted to be a 24-14 Ravens victory turned out to be a 38-30 thrilling Lions win.

Alas, we move on.

This week, our Madden simulation attempts to predict the Week 5 matchup between the Detroit Lions and Cleveland Browns. Can Detroit figure out the Browns’ suffocating defense and put up some points? Will the Lions’ defense force a few turnovers against a struggling Joe Flacco? Madden will have all of the answers on Saturday morning.

In case you aren’t familiar, here’s how our weekly Madden simulations work. Before every Lions game, I fire up a game of Madden 26, adjust the

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