After the NFL schedule release a few weeks back, I did something I usually never like to do. I gave a way too early record prediction. I predicted the 2023 Detroit Lions to finish the season with a 12-5 record and a division title.
There are a lot of reasons I went with this prediction. It wasn’t because of great free agency and a great draft. Those reasons matter and will have an impact, but for me, the biggest impact is that the Lions will spend a ton of time indoors in 2023. The Lions will play 12 of their 17 games under a dome or retractable roof this coming season.