„ Detroit Lions will face a familiar foe in their 2025 season opener and travel to play another division rival on Christmas, per reports Wednesday morning.
According to FOX Sports insider Jordan Schultz, Detroit is scheduled to play the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field in Week 1 (4:25 p.m.) and will play the Minnesota Vikings on Christmas Day (time is to be determined).
Detroit defeated Minnesota, 31-9, to clinch the NFC North in last season’s Week 18 finale at Ford Field on Sunday Night Football, and also clinched the division in 2023 at Minnesota on Christmas Eve, 30-24.
Quarterback Jared Goff (center) leads a Lions roster seeking its first Super Bowl.
The Lions and Packers rivalry has been a bit one-sided in the Dan Campbell era. Detroit has won six out of its last eight against Green Bay, including three straight at Lambeau Field and a season sweep of the Packers last season. The Packers’ last win against Detroit came on Thanksgiving Day in 2023.
Detroit beat Green Bay, 24-14, at Lambeau Field in Week 9 last season and later followed that up with one of the most intense victories of the season, a 34-31 win on a last-second field goal from kicker Jake Bates to knock off the Packers on Thursday Night Football in Week 14.
The Lions’ last regular-season trip to Kansas City was in the 2023 season opener, when the upstarts defeated the reigning Super Bowl champion Chiefs on banner night, 21-20. Kansas City nearly achieved a three-peat last season but fell to the Philadelphia Eagles in the Super Bowl.
A full reveal of the Lions’ schedule will occur at 8 p.m. Wednesday night on NFL Network.
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