The Detroit Lions (5-2) are heading into their bye week with a lot of positive vibes after beating the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (5-2) on “Monday Night Football.” The Bucs held the best record in the NFC entering this game, but the Lions found yet another way to win, this time behind a defense that was playing with nearly all backups in their secondary.

For several of this week’s power rankers, the Lions proved them right for not dropping them too far following their Week 6 loss to the Chiefs in Kansas City, while other rankers felt like they did their rankings on Sunday, and just inserted their blurb without changing anything. Overall, the Lions are comfortably in the top 5—save one publication—and even top the list for a few confident analysts.

Let’s take a look at how things shook out in t

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