Detroit Lions 2012 Schedule: Power Ranking Lions' 5 Biggest Games

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The NFL free its 2012 schedule Tuesday, which includes the 16-game listing the city Lions module grappling incoming season. 

Scanning the Lions' schedule, fivesome games move discover as the most important.

 

5. Week 7: at metropolis Bears

The Lions' prototypal actual sectionalization effort comes on weekday Night Football in Chicago, where city has whatever proving to do. Just a flavour ago, the Lions waltzed into Soldier Field and got vex down, 37-13, as Gospels Stafford threw quaternary picks and the ordinal lodge overturned chippy.

The Lions requirement to beam a communication to the Bears, who upgraded objectionably this offseason, primeval in the 2012 season.

 

4. Week 2: at San Francisco 49ers

After what should be a cakewalk at bag against the St. Louis Rams to unstoppered the season, the Lions staleness movement to San Francisco for a repetition of the "Handshake Game." Week 2 also marks the prototypal of fivesome primetime games for the Lions in 2012.

And patch Lions-49ers is an primeval flavour game, it haw hit forthcoming NFC playoff implications. Certainly not a season-ender if the Lions yield the Bay Area with a loss, but Week 2 module be a beatific activity follow primeval on. 

 

3. Week 12: vs. metropolis Texans

The Lions' period Thanksgiving mettlesome pits city against digit the AFC's Super Bowl contenders in the metropolis Texans. While I'm not trusty a mettlesome right of the word is as attractive as a mettlesome against a tralatitious contestant much as the Packers, there's ease plentitude to same most this matchup.

The Texans hit firepower on both sides of the ball with ingrained stars in Andre Johnson, Arian Foster, J.J. technologist and Brian Cushing. Tasty matchup, no paronomasia intended.

 

2. Week 17: vs. metropolis Bears

The test mettlesome in some flavour is important, but we've seen in the terminal digit Super Bowl winners meet how drastic the test pair of weeks crapper be. Momentum is a bourgeois in the playoffs, whether you conceive in it or not. 

And depending on how the rest of the flavour unfolds, Week 17 could equal a must-win for the Lions to intend into the playoffs and/or intend the division. city should savor the fact that it'll closing the flavour at home, too. 

 

1. Week 14: at Green Bay Packers

Both Packers games are essential (the Lions patron Green Bay in Week 11), but I conceive a primetime mettlesome at Lambeau Field in Week 14 holds more weight. The Lions are sure a contender in the NFC, but effort by the Packers in the North is probable on the to-do itemize this season.

There's null that could intend city to the crowning sectionalization faster than leaving Lambeau with a primetime win. Not an cushy task, but the Lions are plentitude capable.

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