{"id":888828,"date":"2026-05-12T01:54:21","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T01:54:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/888828\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T01:54:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T01:54:21","slug":"nfl-schedule-release-2026-detroit-lions-leaks-news-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/888828\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL schedule release 2026: Detroit Lions leaks, news, rumors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Soon, we\u2019ll know the entirety of the Detroit Lions\u2019 2026 schedule, but as with most big events in the NFL, they\u2019ll want to draw as much attention as possible and will slowly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prideofdetroit.com\/detroit-lions-schedule\/164107\/2026-nfl-schedule-release-date-announce-detroit-lions\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">roll out information throughout<\/a> the week. This article will provide readers with a one-stop place for all the rumors, leaks, and released information Lions\u2019 fans will want to know.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">That being said, we do<a href=\"https:\/\/www.prideofdetroit.com\/detroit-lions-schedules\/153968\/2026-detroit-lions-schedule-list-home-away-opponents\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> already know who Detroit\u2019s 2026 opponents will be<\/a>, based on the NFL\u2019s rotating opponent formula. In 2026, the Lions will play the NFC North twice, the NFC South, the AFC East, and three last-place teams from 2025 after finishing fourth in their division. Here\u2019s a full list of the home and away split:<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Home: Bears, Packers, Vikings, Patriots, Saints, Giants, Jets, Buccaneers, and Titans<br \/>Away: Bears, Packers, Vikings, Cardinals, Falcons, Bills, Panthers, and Dolphins<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">As new rumors about the Lions\u2019 schedule emerge, we will continue to update this post, including a full list of Detroit\u2019s announced games, already at the bottom of the page.<\/p>\n<p>Latest Lions schedule news, leaks:<\/p>\n<p>Lions 2026 schedule leaks: <\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">(Primetime games are bolded, nationally-televised games are in italics)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Soon, we\u2019ll know the entirety of the Detroit Lions\u2019 2026 schedule, but as with most big events in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":888829,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3],"tags":[16892,153,5845,7,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-888828","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-detroit-lions-schedule","9":"tag-detroit-lions-news","10":"tag-detroit-lions-rumors","11":"tag-football","12":"tag-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116559115971405068","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/888828","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=888828"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/888828\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/888829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=888828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=888828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=888828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}