The 2025 season may go down as the most disappointing in the history of the Detroit Lions organization.
The Lions had Super Bowl aspirations coming off a 15-win season only to go 9-8 and miss the playoffs entirely. In a season where the NFL looks as wide open as ever, they’ll be watching the postseason from home.
And while you could point to a number of differences between last year’s season and this one when trying to pinpoint where it all went wrong, arguably the biggest reason for Detroit’s decline came up front.
The Lions’ offensive line sank from the class of the NFL in 2024 to being flat out not good enough in 2025, and it wound up derailing the season.