The Lions play the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field in a 4:25 p.m. game on the first Sunday of the regular season, according to Fox Sports.

The schedule leak lines up with other Week 1 games in the NFL this fall, where the league appears to favoring division games. The NFL previously announced the defending Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles will open the season Sept. 4 against their NFC East rival Dallas Cowboys, and the Los Angeles Chargers reportedly will play their AFC West rival Kansas City Chiefs in Brazil on Sept. 5.

Detroit Lions wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown (14) leaps into Lions fans as they celebrate 24-14 win over Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wis. on Sunday, Nov. 3, 2024.

The Lions went 15-2 in the regular season last year and a perfect 6-0 in the division. They finished with the best regular season record in the NFC, but lost to the Washington Commanders in the divisional round of the playoffs.

The Lions beat the Packers, 24-14, at Lambeau Field last November and 34-31 in a Thursday night game at Ford Field in December.

The Packers are coming off an 11-6 season that was good for third place in the NFC North and lost in the first round of the playoffs to the Eagles.

Lions president Rod Wood at the league's annual meeting in March he expects the team to max out on primetime games this season. The Lions have the third most difficult schedule in the NFL this fall as judged by Las Vegas win total predictions, according to Sharp Football.

Their road schedule includes games against all three division opponents the Packers, Minnesota Vikings and Chicago Bears, plus trips to 2024 playoff teams the Eagles, Washington Commanders, Baltimore Ravens, Kansas City Chiefs and Los Angeles Rams. They also play Joe Burrow and the Cincinnati Bengals on the road.

"You're always looking for these nuggets, man, of motivation and that's it," Lions coach Dan Campbell said in March. "This is a challenge. We're competitive, I'm competitive and so, yeah, I love the thought of (playing that road schedule). These are going to be outdoor grass. I hope it rains, it's mud, it's everything, right? The whole deal. And it is, we're in a meat grinder. This is going to be a meat grinder and I've said this before, we could be a better team than we were last year and have more losses. There is a chance that could happen. That's OK. It's OK. As long as we learn from what those are and we get better coming out of them, we'll be good."

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