Episode #341: Lions vs. Bears, Week 2 preview
Detroit Lions Breakdown
Erik Schlitt and Joe Kania
5.0 • 575 Ratings
🗓️ 12 September 2025
⏱️ 89 minutes
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Summary
In this week’s episode, Erik and Joe preview the Detroit Lions’ 2025 Week 2 matchup with the Chicago Bears. The guys review the injury reports from the week, break down the Bears’ roster position by position, explore their opponents’ strengths and weaknesses, examine what has changed since 2024, and discuss how the Lions can capitalize on these, as well as the top keys to a Lions’ victory.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, everyone, and welcome to another episode of the Detroit Lions Breakdown podcast. |
| 0:05.0 | I'm Joe Kaine. |
| 0:06.0 | You're with me as always as Eric Schlett from pride of Detroit.com. |
| 0:09.1 | Eric Lyons lost a tough one up in Lambo Field on Sunday afternoon. |
| 0:14.3 | The 27 to 13 lost to the Packers game wasn't even that close. |
| 0:17.9 | I'm sure everybody listening already knows that. |
| 0:20.2 | It's one of the worst |
| 0:21.2 | games under the Campbell regime. This week, though, they looked to bounce back a Sunday afternoon |
| 0:28.3 | against the Chicago Bears, the home opener at Ford Field Bears come in with Ben Johnson, the former |
| 0:33.8 | offensive coordinator. Once again, everybody listening probably knows that. They lost lost a close one to the Vikings 27, 24 on Monday night football |
| 0:41.2 | where they had a lead and blew it late. |
| 0:45.0 | So they were up 11. |
| 0:46.4 | They have their own issues. |
| 0:47.8 | Up 11 going into the fourth quarter or in the fourth quarter. |
| 0:51.7 | And then, yeah, then're down down by 10 very quickly |
| 0:56.5 | so clock mismanagement gaffs kickoff mismanagement gaffs yeah yeah lots of that's a first year coach |
| 1:04.2 | mistakes and and uh the players kind of fell apart in the fourth quarter. |
| 1:12.1 | They did not. |
| 1:12.7 | They looked tired. |
| 1:13.6 | They look wore down. And they were making mistakes that they otherwise weren't making earlier in |
| 1:19.4 | a game. |
| 1:19.8 | Because I thought they played a really good game for three quarters. |
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