CRUSHED: Detroit Lions’ Playoff DREAMS DIE as Jared Goff & Offense STUMBLE in Ugly Loss

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🗓️ 26 December 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Detroit Lions suffer a crushing 23-10 defeat to the depleted Minnesota Vikings, ending their playoff hopes and leaving fans reeling. Can Dan Campbell and Brad Holmes chart a new course after a season marred by turnovers, injuries, and underperforming offensive and defensive lines? Matt Dery breaks down the Lions' collapse, from Jared Goff's costly interceptions and botched snaps to the run defense giving up explosive plays to Jordan Addison. Critical questions emerge about Frank Ragnow’s absence, the future of the offensive line, and how recent draft picks have fallen short. With key veterans like Alex Anzalone potentially done in Detroit, can the Lions regain their grit and identity before facing the Chicago Bears? Join Matt for an unflinching look at where the Detroit Lions go from here after a season-defining loss.

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0:00.0	An absolute unmitigated disaster in Minnesota.
0:05.0	Now the season is over.
0:13.0	You are Locked on Lions, your daily Detroit Lions podcast.
0:18.5	Part of the Locked On Podcast Network, your team every day.
0:24.7	All right, Merry Christmas, everybody.
0:26.1	Welcome in.
0:26.6	Matt Derry with you.
0:27.4	It is Locked-On Lions Locked-on Podcast Network, your team every day on a Christmas
0:31.3	day Thursday, December 25th into Friday, December 26th.
0:36.2	Thanks for making us your first listen, of course.
0:38.5	And being with us here on this Christmas day, we'll talk about today's loss in Minnesota,
0:44.1	the turnovers, the offensive problems, the defensive issues.
0:48.7	So many things to get to.
0:50.5	Game balls?
0:51.5	You think I'm handing out any game balls today?
0:57.6	Please. This was a disaster the lions got embarrassed today on national tv or netflix or whatever by the vikings 23 to 10
1:05.2	and now with the loss they've been eliminated from the playoffs the lions are in last place
1:09.6	in the division.
1:12.6	They got swept by Minnesota.
1:18.3	There are one and four in the division with one more game to go next week in Chicago.
1:24.9	And I feel for Lions fans, I really do, because today was torture.
1:27.2	It felt like the past. It felt like the old days. And that's not a good thing.
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