![]() "We always talk about you play your way into prime time, you play your way into the bigger television windows and the Lions have done that. "Detroit's record down the stretch, what was it, eight of the last 10? And the last time we all saw them, they were going into Lambeau and ruining the Packers' season," North told reporters on a media conference call. ![]() ![]() It marked the team's first winning season since 2017. Mike North, the NFL's vice president of broadcast planning, said Friday that the Lions "earned" the spotlight after winning eight of their final 10 games in 2022 to finish at 9-8. The defending Super Bowl champion Chiefs - led by reigning MVP Patrick Mahomes - will always draw interest, but it's a big deal for Detroit to receive such national coverage, especially since the Lions were the only NFL team without a prime-time game on the schedule at this point last year. There were countless options with intriguing storylines as the NFL was creating the 2023 schedule, but ultimately the league decided to showcase the Detroit Lions at Kansas City for the prime-time Thursday night kickoff game Sept. Lions 'earned' prime-time season opener vs. ![]() You have reached a degraded version of because you're using an unsupported version of Internet Explorer.įor a complete experience, please upgrade or use a supported browser ![]()
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