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Learn which TV channel or how to live stream the NFL Week 17 Minnesota Vikings and Detroit Lions game, Thursday, Dec. 25.
The NFL season continues in Week 16 when the Detroit Lions host the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday. Start time, how to watch, stream and NFL TV schedule.
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Lions playoff elimination: Explaining Detroit's rapid regression in 2025
The Lions went from going 27-7 as repeat NFC North champions the previous two seasons to the brink of playoff elimination at 8-8 in 2025. Here's breaking down Detroit's shocking breakdown.
It also narrowed Detroit's postseason path to just about the narrowest one possible. The Packers (9-5-1) remained 1.5 games up on the Lions with two games to go for both teams, meaning the Lions' only path to the playoffs is to win both of their next two games AND have the Packers lose both of their next two games.
All-Pro safety Kerby Joseph will miss his ninth straight game Sunday, Dec. 19, against the Pittsburgh Steelers because of a knee injury. Joseph has not played since an Oct. 12 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs because of a chronic knee issue but remains on the Detroit Lions ' 53-man roster.