Detroit Lions vs. New England Patriots: Game time, TV, radio, live stream

With the Detroit Lions set to take on the New England Patriots in week 3 of the 2017 preseason, here is all the important info you need for today’s game.

It’s hard to call a preseason game a “measuring stick game” but the Detroit Lions will get a different gauge of their team this week when they host the New England Patriots at Ford Field.

As the third preseason game, this will be the game that most resembles a regular season game. The starters will play more in this one than they will in any of the other three games and they get to go up against the defending Super Bowl Champions.

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Ultimately, the result doesn’t matter any more than the final scores of the first two games, but facing the Patriots will give a better view of where the Lions stand. In taking on the Andrew Luck-less Indianapolis Colts and the New York Jets, the depth of the Lions’ roster stood out as a bright spot as they controlled both games from start to finish.

Now the question becomes, how will the Lions’ preseason roster look compared to what the Patriots bring to Detroit? That will be a big thing to watch, perhaps even more so than any individual performance.

Here is all the important info you need for tonight’s game.

Preseason Week 3: New England Patriots at Detroit Lions

Ford Field – Detroit, MI
Game Time: 7:00 p.m. ET
TV: WJBK Fox 2 in Detroit (click here for affiliates)
Radio: WJR 760 AM in Detroit (click here for affiliates)
Online Streaming: NFL Game Pass (video), WJR (audio)
Favorite: Patriots by 3.5
Game Time Weather: Indoors

Pre-game reading

• Detroit Lions running back group is starting to take shape
• Detroit Lions: Takeaways through two preseason games
• The Detroit Lions and New England Patriots are not practicing together
• The Detroit Lions remain undefeated! What does it really mean?
• Fantasy football: Best value and sleeper quarterbacks for 2017
• Fantasy football: 9 ways to draft the best possible team

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