Bye weeks present several key opportunities for NFL teams. For the Detroit Lions (5-2), their Week 8 bye afforded them the chance to get multiple players back from injury, do some self-reflection on where they need to improve, and take extra time to prepare for another division rival, the Minnesota Vikings, in Week 9.

If there is a downside to a bye week, it’s that it’s easy for people to forget about teams, regardless of how strong their last performance was—even if it was against a great team on the national stage of “Monday Night Football.” This is the case for some of the national analysts in this week’s power rankings. While some rankers kept the Lions in the same spot they were last week, just under half moved the Lions off their previous spot.

Let’s take a look at how things shook

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