PREVIEW: Can the Detroit Lions run the NFC North again in 2025?

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4.1 • 680 Ratings

🗓️ 29 August 2025

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

NFC North shakeup: Can the Lions repeat as champs in 2025? Ben Johnson's move to Chicago Bears could reshape the division's power dynamics. Peter Bukowski and guests Matt Dery, Lauren Cox, and Luke Braun break down each team's offseason moves and predict their impact. The discussion covers Detroit's defensive improvements, Chicago's offensive overhaul, and the Vikings' quarterback situation with J.J. McCarthy. Key topics include Justin Jefferson's elite status, Caleb Williams' potential in Chicago, and how coaching changes might alter team strategies. Will the Packers bounce back? Can the Bears finally turn things around? Tune in for expert analysis and bold predictions for the 2025 NFC North race.

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0:00.0	Why, it won't be the Detroit Lions at the top of the NFC North again this season.
0:06.0	The 2025 Locked on NFL season preview continues right now.
0:10.9	This is the 2025 Locked on NFL season preview.
0:16.0	Only on the Locked on Podcast network, your team every day.
0:21.4	Welcome back to the 2025 Lockdown NFL season previews.
0:24.9	This episode, we are focused on the NFC North.
0:27.8	Today's episode brought to you by our friends at Fanduil.
0:29.6	Football season is around the corner.
0:31.4	Visit the Fanduil app today and start planning your futures bets now.
0:35.3	I'm Peter Bikowski, host of Locked-on Packers, and I will be
0:38.6	your host for this divisional preview. Joining me, my colleagues around the NFC, North Matt Derry
0:43.1	from Locked on Lions, Lauren Cox from Locked on Bears and Luke Braun from Locked on Vikings.
0:48.9	Today, we're going to look at contenders, teams that present the biggest challenges in the division,
0:53.6	most improved squads, the best players
0:55.6	across these four teams. And we're going to give our final division predictions. Let's start
1:01.8	with the end. The Detroit Lions are the favorites to win the division this year. But I do not
1:07.7	think they are going to do it too much turnover.
1:12.2	You can't, you cannot think that Ben Johnson is going to turn around the bears.
1:15.7	For a minute 14 in, Pete, and you're already firing the salvos.
1:18.7	Can't we just ease in and say hi?
1:20.5	We can't.
1:21.5	We can't.
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