This is it.
The 2023 Detroit Lions campaign kicks off on the largest Week 1 stage. It’s time to find out of this team is actually for real.
Of course, one week will not determine the rest of this Lions season—and a loss against the reigning Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs (no matter how shorthanded) is not a death sentence. But Thursday night is also an opportunity for the Detroit Lions to put the ever-present naysayers to bed. A win over the Chiefs on a national stage—a second-consecutive win in front of a massive audience—and the Lions will shoot up every power ranking you’ll see in Week 2.