Lions schedule sends them to Buffalo Bills on Thursday Night Football
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A last-place finish in the NFC North last season hasn’t done anything to diminish the Detroit Lions as a primetime draw.
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The Lions will play the Buffalo Bills in a Week 2 Thursday night game to open Buffalo’s new stadium, Highmark Stadium, on Sept. 17. The game was announced by Prime Video, which airs "Thursday Night Football" all season, via social media.
The Lions played five primetime games last season, seven more in the 4:25 p.m. national window – including on Christmas Day – paus their regular Thanksgiving game.
The NFL and its broadcast partners are in the process of announcing this year’s schedule, with networks dropping specific games as part of their upfront meetings with advertisers.
Earlier Monday, Fox announced it would host the Lions’ Nov. 15 game in Germany against an opponent that will be announced on Wednesday.
Prime Video – which will broadcast the Lions-Bills game at 8:15 p.m. – and NBC also had their upfront presentations Monday.
The Bills and the Lions, who are coming off a 9-8 season, finished fourth and fifth in the NFL, respectively, in scoring last season and have two of the NFL’s top offenses.
Buffalo, led by 2024 NFL MVP quarterback Josh Allen, went 12-5 last season and has reached double-digit wins every year since 2019.
The Lions and Bills last played Dec. 15, 2024, when Buffalo handed Detroit one of its only two regular-season losses, 48-42. The Lions, dealing with massive defensive injuries, lost their playoff opener a month later to the Washington Commanders.
Dave Birkett covers the Lions for the Detroit Free Press. Contact him at [email protected]. Follow him on Bluesky, X and Instagram at @davebirkett.
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