The Detroit Lions (1-3) offense has enough explosive firepower to shoot it out with anyone. The problem is, the defense is struggling to stop everyone and putting the offense in an almost impossible position.
The lack of defensive success has left a bad impression on some national analysts—and their rankings reflect that—while other still believe the Lions can make some noise, because after all, offense is king in the current NFL.
Let’s take a look at this week’s NFL power rankings.
USA Today: 19 (Previous: 14)
“They’ve scored 140 points and surrendered 141.