While the Detroit Lions are staring down what appears to be a favorable set of games in 2022, the schedule makers did not do them any favors with their Week 1 matchup. The Philadelphia Eagles are coming off a late-season surge, and after an active and aggressive offseason, expectations are sky high in the city of brotherly love.
That means for all of the hype and good feelings around Detroit these days, they’re still going to bring it on Sunday and play a really clean game against a team that—by most measures—has a much more talented roster on paper.