{"id":32573,"date":"2025-09-14T11:27:35","date_gmt":"2025-09-14T11:27:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=32573"},"modified":"2025-09-14T11:27:35","modified_gmt":"2025-09-14T11:27:35","slug":"bears-at-lions-predictions-expert-picks-for-nfl-week-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=32573","title":{"rendered":"Bears at Lions predictions: Expert picks for NFL Week 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"zephr-anchor\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/i0gghYBNCIk1iFx3lBFHeg--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTY0MDtoPTQyNztjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/sb_nation_articles_115\/539f98cace2c158102e588a9c6ea97af\" alt=\"Bears at Lions predictions: Expert picks for NFL Week 2 - Yahoo Sports\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Detroit Lions head back to Ford Field for their home opener against the Chicago Bears on Sunday afternoon. Both teams are coming off losses to NFC North rivals and are looking to avoid starting the season 0-2 and digging themselves into a hole. The Lions aren\u2019t just playing the Bears, but former offensive coordinator, now Bears head coach, Ben Johnson.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBen\u2019s my friend. He\u2019s always going to be my friend. Nothing about that\u2019s going to change,\u201d said Lions head coach Dan Campbell. \u201cWe\u2019re going in, getting ready to play Chicago. We\u2019re going to win this game. We have to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a look at our Pride of Detroit staff picks for the Lions in Week 2:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"duet--article--unordered-list _1nfb3k4i feuejx0 ls9zuh1\">\n<li class=\"feuejx1\"><span class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup\"><strong>Hamza Baccouche\u00a0(0-1):<\/strong>\u00a0Lions 20-16<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"feuejx1\"><span class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup\"><strong>Morgan Cannon\u00a0(0-1):\u00a0<\/strong>Lions 27-20 (Film Breakdown,\u00a0Before the Roar Podcast)<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"feuejx1\"><span class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup\"><strong>Max Gerber\u00a0(0-1):<\/strong>\u00a0Lions 25-18 (Key head-to-head matchups)<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"feuejx1\"><span class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup\"><strong>Al Karsten\u00a0(0-1):<\/strong>\u00a0Lions 23-20 (Key statistical matchups)<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"feuejx1\"><span class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup\"><strong>Brandon Knapp\u00a0(0-1):<\/strong>\u00a0Lions 27-17 (Scouting report,\u00a0Bold Prediction,\u00a0Before the Roar Podcast)<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"feuejx1\"><span class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup\"><strong>Ryan Mathews\u00a0(0-1):<\/strong>\u00a0Lions 28-17 (5 Questions)<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"feuejx1\"><span class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup\"><strong>Jeremy Reisman\u00a0(0-1):<\/strong>\u00a0Lions 27-17 (On Paper)<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"feuejx1\"><span class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup\"><strong>Alex Reno\u00a0(0-1)<\/strong>: Lions 20-17<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"feuejx1\"><span class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup\"><strong>Kellie Rowe\u00a0(0-1)<\/strong>: Lions 27-23<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"feuejx1\"><span class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup\"><strong>Ty Schalter\u00a0(0-1):<\/strong>\u00a0Lions 31-13<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"feuejx1\"><span class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup\"><strong>Erik Schlitt\u00a0(0-1)<\/strong>: Lions 24-20 (Scheme breakdown,\u00a0Honolulu Blueprint)<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"feuejx1\"><span class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup\"><strong>Meko Scott\u00a0(0-1):\u00a0<\/strong>Lions 24-13 (Before the Roar Podcast)<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"feuejx1\"><span class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup\"><strong>Zac Snyder\u00a0(0-1):<\/strong>\u00a0Lions 26-20<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"feuejx1\"><span class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup\"><strong>John Whiticar\u00a0(0-1)<\/strong>: Lions 24-20<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"feuejx1\"><span class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup\"><strong>Jerry Mallory\u00a0(0-0):<\/strong>\u00a0Lions 27-20<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<p>For the rest of what the POD staff predicted for the NFL, be sure to check out our Week 2 predictions: Moneyline, spread, and over\/under.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Now, it\u2019s your turn to have your voice heard. Share what you think the game score will be in the comment section at the bottom of the page and vote in the poll directly below. Do you think the Lions can rebound to get their first win of the year, or will the Bears and Johnson take the joy out of Detroit?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The POD staff makes their expert picks for the NFL Week 2 battle between the Detroit Lions and Chicago Bears.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":32574,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-detroit-lions"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Bears at Lions predictions: Expert picks for NFL Week 2 - Breaking News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=32573\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bears at Lions predictions: Expert picks for NFL Week 2 - 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