The 49ers and Lions haven’t faced each other since 2018. A lot has changed for both clubs since then as the organizations have gone in dramatically different directions.
While the 49ers find themselves in the playoff conversation, the Lions reside at the bottom of virtually every pre-season power rankings.
To get a better idea of what San Francisco is walking into when they square off with the Lions at Ford Field, we sat down with Jeff Risdon from the Lions Wire to chat about the Week 1 matchup.