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When do the Detroit Lions play today? NFL Week 17 game schedule
When do the Detroit Lions play today?
Short answer: they don’t!
Welcome to Week 17 of the 2024 NFL season, which began Wednesday this week with two Christmas Day games between the Kansas City Chiefs and Pittsburgh Steelers and then continued with an afternoon matchup of the Baltimore Ravens and Houston Texans. T
This is the most sprawled out week of NFL action perhaps ever, with games on Wednesday (Ravens vs. Texans, Chiefs vs. Steelers), Thursday (Bears vs. Seahawks), Saturday (Chargers vs. Patriots, Broncos vs. Bengals, Cardinals vs. Rams), Sunday and last but not least, Monday.
The Lions do not play on Sunday, playing in the last game of the week on the road against the San Francisco 49ers in a rematch of last year’s NFC championship.
Here’s a quick look at the Lions in Week 17.
Do the Lions play today?
No. The Lions do not play on Sunday, but will be in action on Monday for Monday Night Football on ABC & ESPN against the 49ers. Before the season, a lot of people circled their calendars for the Week 17 NFC championship rematch between the Lions and 49ers as one of the games of the year. While the stakes remain high, it certainly won’t be one of the biggest games of the year anymore. Pretty much everything that could go wrong for the 49ers this year has, and Kyle Shanahan’s team has already been eliminated from the playoffs but will be trying to play spoiler. The Lions have already locked up their spot in the postseason, but depending on what the Vikings do in their matchup with the Packers, the Lions could potentially lock up the No. 1 seed in the NFC with a win.
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The Lions played on Monday Night Football earlier this year, beating the Seattle Seahawks, 42-29, in a shootout at Ford Field. The Lions are 7-8 on Mondays since 1999 and 2-1 under Dan Campbell.
The extra day of rest this week will be given back heading into Week 18, as the Lions prepare for a potentially huge game in the final week of the season against the Vikings.
Week 17 schedule NFL
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Matchup
Day
Time
Channel
Kansas City Chiefs 29, Pittsburgh Steelers 10 (Box score)
Wed
1 p.m.
Netflix
Baltimore Ravens 31, Houston Texans 2 (Box score)
Wed
4:30 p.m.
Netflix
Seattle Seahawks 6, Chicago Bears 3 (Box score)
Thu
8:15 p.m.
Amazon
Los Angeles Chargers at New England Patriots (Box score)
Sat
1 p.m.
NFLN
Denver Broncos at Cincinnati Bengals (Box score)
Sat
4:30 p.m.
NFLN
Arizona Cardinals at Los Angeles Rams (Box score)
Sat
8:10 p.m.
NFLN
New York Jets at Buffalo Bills (Box score)
Sun
1 p.m.
CBS
Tennessee Titans at Jacksonville Jaguars (Box score)
Sun
1 p.m.
CBS
Las Vegas Raiders at New Orleans Saints (Box score)
Sun
1 p.m.
Fox
Carolina Panthers at Tampa Bay Buccaneers (Box score)
Sun
1 p.m.
CBS
Dallas Cowboys at Philadelphia Eagles (Box score)
Sun
1 p.m.
Fox
Indianapolis Colts at New York Giants (Box score)
Sun
1 p.m.
Fox
Miami Dolphins at Cleveland Browns (Box score)
Sun
1 p.m.
CBS
Green Bay Packers at Minnesota Vikings (Box score)
Sun
4:25 p.m.
Fox
Atlanta Falcons at Washington Commanders (Box score)
Sun
8:20 p.m.
NBC
Detroit Lions at San Francisco 49ers (Box score)
Mon
8:15 p.m.
ESPN/ABC
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