On Sunday night, the Kansas City Chiefs face the Detroit Lions. We welcome Ryan Mathews of Pride of Detroit — our sister SB Nation site covering the Lions— for Five Questions with the Enemy.

As preseason favorites around the NFL are showing cracks, the Detroit Lions are making their case again for the top seed in the NFC.

The Lions look like the best team in the NFL right now, but the Chiefs are favorites on Sunday Night Football. Find out why our expert is backing the Lions to pull off the upset and picking a Chiefs wide receiver to have a big game.

The real concerns are with Detroit’s defense, especially in the secondary. Defensive back Brian Branch waited until after the game to finally push back against the Chiefs. This Detroit defense was exposed for four quarters and taken to school by coach Andy Reid’s offensive scheme.

The Detroit Lions are still looking for their first Super Bowl appearance in 60 tries. Is 2025-26 the season? Free Press sports writers make NFL picks.

The latest Super Bowl odds have seen movement across the top, including the Detroit Lions clawing their way into the conversation.

The Chiefs' interior defensive line stifled Detroit's ability to run up the middle. The Lions tried making some adjustments, such as shifting to an unbalanced line, but Gibbs was limited to 3.8 yards per carry on 17 attempts.

The Lions won a franchise-record 15 games last season but lost their playoff opener to the Washington Commanders

The Bills remain alone atop the Super Bowl 60 odds despite a loss to the Patriots on Sunday Night Football in Week 5. They are followed by the Lions and Eagles.

Kansas City will take on Jared Goff and the Detroit Lions (4-1) on “Sunday Night Football” in Week 6. This will be the fourth time Reid has faced the Lions since becoming the coach of the Chiefs. He has a 2-1 record against Detroit, with his only loss coming the last time these teams met in 2019, when the Lions won 21-20.

Three years ago, the NFL opened its season by pitting the Detroit Lions against the Kansas City Chiefs. It was a matchup of two very different contenders: one freshly on the upswing in Detroit, which had just established itself as a potential force thanks to a late-year push under coach Dan Campbell;

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