2012 Detroit Lions Schedule

Pre-Season:

Game One- Cleveland Browns L 19-17

Game Two- At Baltimore Ravens 8-17-2012 8PM

Game Three- at Oakland Raiders 8-25-2012 7PM

Game Four- Buffalo Bills 8-30-2012 7PM

Regular Season:

Week One- Sunday, 9-9-2012 St. Louis Rams 1PM

Week Two- Sunday, 9-16-2012 at San Francisco 49ers 8:20PM

Week Three- Sunday, 9-23-2012 at Tennessee Titans 1PM

Week Four- Sunday, 9-30-2012 Minnesota Vikings 1PM

Week Five- Bye Week

Week Six- Sunday, 10-14-2012 at Philadelphia Eagles 1PM

Week Seven- Monday, 10-22-2012 at Chicago Bears 830PM

Week Eight- Sunday, 10-28-2012 Seattle Seahawks 1PM

Week Nine- Sunday, 11-4-2012 at Jacksonville Jaguars 1PM

Week Ten- Sunday, 11-11-2012 at Minnesota Vikings 1PM

Week Eleven- Sunday, 11-18-2012 Green Bay Packers 1PM

Week Twelve- Thursday, 11-22-2012 Houston Texans 1230PM

Week Thirteen- Sunday 12-2-2012 Indianapolis Colts 1PM

Week Fourteen- Sunday 12-9-2012 at Green Bay Packers 820PM

Week Fifteen- Sunday, 12-16-2012 at Arizona Cardinals 405PM

Week Sixteen- Saturday, 12-22-2012 Atlanta Falcons 830PM

Week Seventeen- Sunday, 12-30-2012 Chicago Bears 1PM

This is the first time I am taking the full schedule in again since it was first announced. There are more than a couple of things I don’t like about it. The early bye week is the biggest one. Football is a grind and the late chunk of the season is hectic enough for the Lions with the added short week of Thanksgiving. I would rather see a later bye, especially if they off to a hot start.

Before the bye week I see four games this team could win, and at least two they should win. That will depend a lot on how Louis Delmas returns for surgery, how effective Kevin Smith can be carrying the load in the running game, and how motivated this team is to get a good start under their belts. At San Francisco is the first test early.

That middle chunk of games is also troubling. From week six to week 10 the Lions will play four games on the road, and just one at home. Again they could win all of those games, but we are not far enough along to know what kind of Lions we will see in 2012. Week 11 to week 17 has the Lions playing 5 of 7 at Ford Field and that should mean very favorable results. There are some tough matchups there, but again we are not far enough along to really know what kind of team this will be in December.

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