Welcome to divisional play! The Detroit Lions will face the Green Bay Packers in their first NFC North game of the 2026 season on Sunday afternoon at 4:25 p.m. ET. Detroit is coming off a bye week at 3-2, while the Packers enter at 4-2 on a three-game winning streak.
“They (the Green Bay Packers) are playing really good football right now,” Lions head coach Dan Campbell said. “Two of their best games have been these back-to-back games. Plus six in the turnover ratio the last two weeks, really seven takeaways on defense; it’s an opportunistic defense. They fly around the football. They disguise well and create problems. Matt (LaFleur) does a heck of a job. They’ve gotten better every week. They’ve fixed some things in that o-line. (Jonathan) Ganon does a heck of a job with that defense, too. They keep getting better and they’re playing Very high level right now, (Jordan) Love, man. He’s the secret sauce, and (Christian) Watson and (Matthew) Golden, they’re dangerous threats on the floor, and he’s going to give them opportunities that come up every week.
Here’s a look at our Pride of Detroit staff picks for the Lions in Week 7:
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