But before we get ahead of ourselves, I think it is important to reflect on the first seven games of the Lions’ 2025 campaign. Sitting at 5-2 heading into their Week 8 bye, most around the league would agree that Detroit is in a great position to make plenty of noise over the course of their final 10 regular season games.

Here is a look at the schedule of bye weeks for the 2025 NFL season, and specifically, which teams are on bye in Week 8.

The final Monday night doubleheader of the season is taking place in Week 7, and there are two big games on the schedule. In the early game, the Detroit Lions (5-2) pulled off a dominant performance in a 24-9 win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (5-2).

Controversy has once again struck in a Detroit Lions game. This time, it went the Lions' way against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Monday, Oct. 20.