Playoff Hopes DWINDLE As Detroit Lions Suffer Embarrassing Loss To Pittsburgh Steelers

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🗓️ 22 December 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Detroit Lions playoff dreams fade after humbling 29-24 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers—has the grit era lost its edge? Defensive struggles and a battered offensive line leave fans questioning Brad Holmes’ roster decisions and Dan Campbell’s leadership. Can Jared Goff, Amon-Ra St. Brown, and rookies like Jack Campbell rally the team, or will Detroit’s identity crisis deepen as the season slips away? Matt Dery breaks down the Lions’ lackluster performance, from getting manhandled by Jaylen Warren and Kenneth Gainwell to how the defensive front failed against one of the NFL’s worst rushing units. Hot topics include O-line depth, missed tackles, the controversial ending, and the urgent need for upgrades. Plus: playoff scenarios, upcoming NFC North clashes against Minnesota Vikings and Chicago Bears, and critical fan reactions.

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0:00.0	All right, it's another game that the Lions just get pushed around again.
0:09.0	You are Locked on Lions, your daily Detroit Lions podcast.
0:16.1	Part of the Locked on Podcast Network, your team every day.
0:22.7	All right, here we go, everybody. Matt Derry, with you.
0:24.5	It is Locked-On. Lions Locked-on Podcast Network, the number one sports podcast network on a postgame Sunday, December 21st, into Monday, December 22nd.
0:32.8	Lions fall to the Pittsburgh Steelers, 29 to 24 at Ford Field. The Lions' playoff hopes are now dwindling
0:40.2	down to 23%. If they don't win their, they need to win their last two games and knock off Minnesota
0:47.9	and Chicago and hope the Green Bay loses their last two. That's it. And the Lions got their asses kicked tonight.
0:57.7	They got their asses kicked. I don't want to hear about the refs. I don't want to hear about
1:02.0	the last play. I don't want to hear about Dan Campbell. Should it kick the field goal. Should it
1:06.3	kick the field goal? No. No. Well, we're going to talk about for the next 27 minutes. It's how this team got
1:16.4	pushed around by Pittsburgh. Fourth string left tackle. Second string left guard.
1:24.9	The lions got manhandled.
1:29.5	The grit,
1:33.2	villains, where's Brad Holmes with this villain sweatshirt?
1:36.2	Day Dan, wear that grit hat one more time.
1:40.7	Your team got their asses kicked, period.
1:43.7	I don't want to hear about anything else.
1:47.6	Well, but I've never seen a Lions game end on an offensive passenger reference and the refs and the refs.
1:48.9	No, no, no, no, no, no.
1:50.6	Not today.
1:52.0	We ain't doing that today.
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