Look around, and you’ll find just about every NFL expert or analyst—national or local—expecting a poor year out of the Detroit Lions. Whether it’s Vegas, who is projecting the Lions to finish somewhere within the bottom three and have the Lions favored in exactly zero games this season, or even most local fans, who aren’t expecting anything better than a 6-11 season.
But the NFL is all about parity. We are reminded every week during the season that this is truly an “Any Given Sunday” league.
So is there any chance that the stars somehow align this year, and the Lions significantly exceed expectations?