| 5/15 | Wallace Miles | WR | signed, One-year contract (though 2012) |
| 5/15 | Jerome Harrison | RB | reserve/non-football-injury, illness |
| 5/15 | Sam Proctor | S | signed, One-year contract (through 2012) |
| 5/11 | Dwight Bentley | CB | signed/draft choice, Four-year contract (through 2015) |
| 5/10 | Troy Burrell | WR | signed |
| Complete Lions Transactions | |||
| 11/24 | Randy Phillips | DB | IR. Out for the season |
| 9/28 | Isaiah Ekejiuba | LB | IR. Out for the season |
| 9/03 | Terrence Toliver | WR | IR. Out for the season |
| 2/14 | Jahvid Best | RB | Probable for start of 2012 training camp |
| 5/23 | Stephen Tulloch | LB | Probable for start of training camp |
| NFC North | |||||||
| Team | W | L | T | PF | PA | DIV | Streak |
| yz*-Green Bay | 15 | 1 | 0 | 560 | 359 | 6-0 | Won 2 |
| x-Detroit | 10 | 6 | 0 | 474 | 387 | 3-3 | Lost 1 |
| Chicago | 8 | 8 | 0 | 353 | 341 | 3-3 | Won 1 |
| Minnesota | 3 | 13 | 0 | 340 | 449 | 0-6 | Lost 1 |
| Complete Standings | |||||||
| 2012 Schedule | Buy Lions Tickets |
| Date | Opponent | Time/Result |
| Sep 9 | St. Louis | 1:00 pm |
| Sep 16 | @San Francisco | 8:20 pm |
| Sep 23 | @Tennessee | 1:00 pm |
| Sep 30 | Minnesota | 1:00 pm |
| Week 5 | BYE | |
| Oct 14 | @Philadelphia | 1:00 pm |
| Oct 22 | @Chicago | 8:30 pm |
| Oct 28 | Seattle | 1:00 pm |
| Nov 4 | @Jacksonville | 1:00 pm |
| Nov 11 | @Minnesota | 1:00 pm |
| Nov 18 | Green Bay | 1:00 pm |
| Nov 22 | Houston | 12:30 pm |
| Dec 2 | Indianapolis | 1:00 pm |
| Dec 9 | @Green Bay | 8:20 pm |
| Dec 16 | @Arizona | 4:05 pm |
| Dec 22 | Atlanta | 8:30 pm |
| Dec 30 | Chicago | 1:00 pm |
| All times are Eastern | ||
| Complete Schedules | ||
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current | Team | Previous |
| 10 | Lions · Trends | 11 |
| They will once again be a high-scoring team, but have they done enough to fix a defense that wasn't very good last season? | ||
| Complete Rankings | ||
| Team Information |
| The Detroit Lions participate in the National Football League (NFL) and are based in Detroit, Michigan. Detroit plays its games in the North of the NFC. The Detroit Lions, founded in 1929, play home games at Ford Field and have won four NFL Titles (1935, 1952, 1953, 1957). |