For the second week in a row, the Detroit Lions are squaring off against a team they faced—and beat—in last year’s NFL Playoffs. After beating the Los Angeles Rams in Week 1, the Lions will take on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Week 2 of the 2024 regular season.
“Really good opponent coming in here again,” coach Dan Campbell said on Wednesday. “Third time in two years, so certainly we both have familiarity with each other, personnel-wise. Have a lot of respect for Coach [Todd] Bowles and what he’s done out there, really his whole career.