“The Detroit Lions’ Good Fortune Will End This Season? An Analyst’ Predicts this”

With their first NFC Championship in thirty years and an NFC North victory, the Detroit Lions had a Cinderella season in 2018. However, one analyst does not believe that the team will have such “luck” in the forthcoming campaign.

Geoff Clark, an Outkick betting analyst, is previewing each NFL division and starting with the Detroit Lions in the NFC North to see if they can replicate their magic from the previous season.

Geoff Clark, an analyst, isn’t very fond of the Detroit Lions Initially, Clark highlighted the advantages of the Detroit Lions’ forthcoming schedule. Although Detroit’s schedule is more challenging than it was the previous year, Clark still deemed it “beatable.” In addition, he brought up Goff’s poor performance in cold weather and pointed out that 14 of the Lions’ next games will be played indoors, which should be beneficial.

Although it’s technically a “first-place schedule” for the Lions in 2024, Clark noted that it’s beatable. “Goff’s greatest fear is going outside during the cold. Nevertheless, they have 14 home games this season, and their lone “bad weather” matchup is against the Chicago Bears in Week 16. In light of this, Detroit ought to improve by 2024, doesn’t it?

From there, Clark was pretty down on the Lions. He chocked up a lot of their success to lucky plays. He doesn’t think those jaw-dropping moments will repeat themselves in the 2024-25 season.

However, Clark—who was also named “Sleeper” for the 2024 NFL MVP—also disparaged quarterback Jared Goff, claiming he wasn’t in the top ten. Goff is currently ranked No. 16 in the PFF. The odds favor the Lions to win 11 games in the upcoming campaign. But I can’t support a club that doesn’t have a quarterback ranked in the top ten to win by double digits,” Clark stated. “In Detroit, Goff has revitalized his career. Even so, he is the NFC North’s third-best quarterback, and Goff and the Lions will likely regress the next season.

Clark projected Detroit to have an 8-9 record in 2024 and a rather miserable run for the Lions in comparison to last season. In addition, he projected that the Lions would place third in the NFC North. Vegas odds, which presently have the Lions winning the division, run counter to this, though.

Aidan Hutchinson was also picked by Clark as the Detroit Lions’ “Best Bet” to win NFL Defensive Player of the Year in 2024. He said that this season, the Lions defense might be surprisingly good. Clark wrote, “If I’m wrong about Detroit, it’ll be because the defense becomes a top-10 unit.” “Hutchinson is a stud, so even if that doesn’t work out, he could still win Defensive Player of the Year (DPOY).”

he Detroit Lions’ 2024 regular season begins on Sunday, September 8, at 8:20 p.m. Eastern time at Ford Field in Detroit against the Los Angeles Rams.