2021 NFL Power Rankings: Detroit Lions
Throughout the 2021 NFL season, we will compile a consensus NFL Power Rankings that averages the rankings of all 32 NFL teams.
Here is where the Detroit Lions rank in terms of average, best and worst:
- Average ranking: 31.8 (32nd)
- Best ranking: 31st (Multiple)
- Worst ranking: 32nd (NFL.com)
Below you will find a Week 10 roundup for the Lions in our consensus 2021 NFL Power Rankings.
ESPN -- Rank: 32
Bold second-half prediction: The Lions will win a game.
The last time Detroit experienced a victory was Dec. 6, 2020. Since then, things have gone downhill -- which even includes the 2021 preseason, when the Lions dropped all three contests before starting 0-8 in the regular season. It seems as if history may repeat itself with another winless season, like the infamous 0-16 squad from 2008, but I'm here to tell you that the Lions will win a game. Now, the chance of this happening is still very slim, but I'm confident that they can at least get one on the back end of the year -- possibly against the Chicago Bears on Thanksgiving or the Atlanta Falcons on Dec. 26. -- Eric Woodyard
The last time Detroit experienced a victory was Dec. 6, 2020. Since then, things have gone downhill -- which even includes the 2021 preseason, when the Lions dropped all three contests before starting 0-8 in the regular season. It seems as if history may repeat itself with another winless season, like the infamous 0-16 squad from 2008, but I'm here to tell you that the Lions will win a game. Now, the chance of this happening is still very slim, but I'm confident that they can at least get one on the back end of the year -- possibly against the Chicago Bears on Thanksgiving or the Atlanta Falcons on Dec. 26. -- Eric Woodyard
NFL.com -- Rank: 31
The second half of the season could go one of two ways for Dan Campbell: The Lions could continue to fight and hang tough in games and eventually pull out a win or three; or, the losses create a snowball effect, hopelessness sets in and, eventually, Detroit reaches an unsavory final record that nobody wants connected to their résumé. The bye arrived at a helpful time for a team trying to escape an avalanche. "This season is not over," Tight end T.J. Hockenson said after the team's Week 8 loss to the Eagles. "And we're able to write the story with what guys want to do, what we want to do as a team and where we want to go with this organization and with this city."
CBS Sports -- Rank: 32
They come off their bye with the real possibility that they won't win a game this year. Is 0-17 a reality? You bet.
USA Today -- Rank: 32
It would have been more fun if they'd actually decided to claim OBJ.
The Athletic -- Rank: 32
Are they good? No. Unequivocally, inarguably, no.
Previous updates:
- Detroit Lions 2021 NFL Power Rankings Roundup: Week 9
- Detroit Lions 2021 NFL Power Rankings Roundup: Week 8
- Detroit Lions 2021 NFL Power Rankings Roundup: Week 7
- Detroit Lions 2021 NFL Power Rankings Roundup: Week 6
- Detroit Lions 2021 NFL Power Rankings Roundup: Week 5
- Detroit Lions 2021 NFL Power Rankings Roundup: Week 4
- Detroit Lions 2021 NFL Power Rankings Roundup: Week 3
- Detroit Lions 2021 NFL Power Rankings Roundup: Week 2
- Detroit Lions 2021 NFL Power Rankings Roundup: Week 1
- Detroit Lions 2021 NFL Power Rankings Roundup: Post-Draft
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