Lions' 2008 Schedule Released (UPDATED)

by Sean Yuille on Apr 15, 2008 2:04 PM EDT in Schedules

I'll have a full analysis of the schedule up tomorrow, but in the meantime, you can take a look at it below. Looking back on my predictions that I made earlier today, I was correct with three of them. The Lions will play the Bears twice in four weeks, will play Tennessee on Thanksgiving, and will play at Green Bay in December. The only one I got wrong was saying that Detroit would open the season at San Francisco, but hey, I was only two weeks off. Not bad if you ask me.

Anyways, here is Detroit's 2008 schedule:

PRESEASON
Wk.	Date	Opponent	Venue	Time (ET)	TV
1	August 7 (Thurs.)	vs. New York Giants	Ford Field	7:00 PM	WWJTV
2	August 17 (Sun.)	at Cincinnati Bengals	Paul Brown Stadium	7:30 PM	WWJTV
3	August 23 (Sat.)	vs. Cleveland Browns	Ford Field	4:00 PM	WWJTV
4	August 28 (Thurs.)	at Buffalo Bills	Ralph Wilson Stadium	6:30 PM	WWJTV
REGULAR SEASON
Wk.	Date	Opponent	Venue	Time (ET)	TV
1	September 7	at Atlanta Falcons	Georgia Dome	1:00 PM	FOX
2	September 14	vs. Green Bay Packers	Ford Field	1:00 PM	FOX
3	September 21	at San Francisco 49ers	Monster Park	4:05 PM	FOX
4	September 28	---BYE WEEK---
5	October 5	vs. Chicago Bears	Ford Field	1:00 PM	FOX
6	October 12	at Minnesota Vikings	The Metrodome	1:00 PM	FOX
7	October 19	at Houston Texans	Reliant Stadium	4:05 PM	FOX
8	October 26	vs. Washington Redskins	Ford Field	1:00 PM	FOX
9	November 2	at Chicago Bears	Solder Field	1:00 PM	FOX
10	November 9	vs. Jacksonville Jaguars	Ford Field	1:00 PM	CBS
11	November 16	at Carolina Panthers	Bank of America Stadium	1:00 PM	FOX
12	November 23	vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Ford Field	1:00 PM	FOX
13	November 27	vs. Tennessee Titans *	Ford Field	12:30 PM	CBS
14	December 7	vs. Minnesota Vikings	Ford Field	1:00 PM	FOX
15	December 14	at Indianapolis Colts	Lucas Oil Stadium	1:00 PM	FOX
16	December 21	vs. New Orleans Saints	Ford Field	1:00 PM	FOX
17	December 28	at Green Bay Packers	Lambeau Field	1:00 PM	FOX
*Played on Thanksgiving/Nationally Televised ¤ Flex Scheduling from Weeks 11-17

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2007 redux?

You look at that schedule, and there's a real possiblity that the Lions get out to the same kind of start that they did in 2007....and then fall to the same kind of unhappy ending last year brought, too.

Myabe Minnesota's going to be better this year, but they're beatable still. Chicago, who knows, we beat 'em twice last year, maybe we can beat them twice more in the first 8 games of next year.

Once again, I look at that schedule and wonder why the holy hell the September game between the Packers and the Lions takes place inside a dome, and the last game of the year goes to Lambeau. What's it going to take, a player to die from pneumonia before the league comes to it's senses?

And I don't whine only because I'd actually stand a shot at making it to Lambeau for a September Lions game, while I'm usually home for holidays right before the New Year. Really, I do care about the players' health...why don't you believe me???

by ahtrap on Apr 15, 2008 6:54 PM EDT 0 recs