{"id":650652,"date":"2026-01-03T12:29:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T12:29:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/650652\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T12:29:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T12:29:12","slug":"whats-one-thing-you-want-to-see-in-the-detroit-lions-finale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/650652\/","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s one thing you want to see in the Detroit Lions\u2019 finale?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">The Detroit Lions close out their disappointing 2025 season on Sunday with a bout against the Chicago Bears. For many fans, I\u2019m guessing, they won\u2019t bother even tuning in. For others, they\u2019ll be actively rooting for a loss in the hopes of improving draft position and earning a fourth-place schedule for 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">But knowing this fanbase, there will also be a fair share of you watching like you always do: hoping to see the Lions pull out a victory and provide a little happiness on a football Sunday. Will a win provide anything tangible for this franchise? Probably not. Year-to-year momentum is not really a thing. However, it would be nice to see the Lions simply make some progress to provide at least a little hope going into the offseason.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Coach Dan Campbell was asked what he wanted to see in the season finale, and I think it\u2019s fair to say we\u2019d all love to see that, no matter what outcome you\u2019re rooting for.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cI\u2019d love to see\u2014I mean there\u2019s a lot of areas. I\u2019d probably start with the\u00a0O-line. Just want to see\u2014and just a tick more, just a little bit better,\u201d Campbell said. \u201cSee if we can polish some things up, work together, work our combinations just a little bit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">So today\u2019s Question of the Day is:<\/p>\n<p>What do you want to see from the Lions\u2019 season finale?<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">My answer: I certainly want to see the Lions\u2019 offensive line rise again\u2014particularly when it comes to their run blocking. As Campbell said on Friday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prideofdetroit.com\/detroit-lions-news\/154453\/detroit-lions-coach-dan-campbell-change-is-inevitable\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:fixing the rushing attack \u201cis everything\u201d this offseason,;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">fixing the rushing attack \u201cis everything\u201d this offseason,<\/a> and getting a head start against one of the worst run defenses in football would be promising to see\u2014especially if they can do it without Penei Sewell.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Aside from that, I\u2019d like to see Detroit\u2019s run defense bounce back. That\u2019s going to be a much taller ask this week against a Bears rushing attack I view as a top-two unit in the NFL. They\u2019ll also be without Alim McNeill. But if first-round pick Tyleik Williams and veteran DJ Reader can work the middle of the line and the boundary defensive backs can play disciplined run defense, it would certainly give some hope that the Lions\u2019 recent decline was more fluky than anything else.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">What are you hoping to see from the Lions\u2019 season finale against the Bears? Scroll down to the comment section and share your answer!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Detroit Lions close out their disappointing 2025 season on Sunday with a bout against the Chicago Bears.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":650653,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2071],"tags":[1518,391,6214,146,113,2506,7,147,6,645,3317,4378,1491],"class_list":["post-650652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-detroit-lions","tag-alim-mcneill","tag-chicago-bears","tag-dan-campbell","tag-detroit","tag-detroit-lions","tag-detroitlions","tag-football","tag-lions","tag-nfl","tag-penei-sewell","tag-season-finale","tag-the-lions","tag-tyleik-williams"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115831175074783557","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/650652","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=650652"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/650652\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/650653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=650652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=650652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=650652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}