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Notes: Lions ranked 25th in B/R’s first power rankings

The NFL regular season is less than a month away, people. That means it’s time to bring the hot takes and predictions to a fever pitch. It’s time to assume until we can’t assume no more.

Bleacher Report did their fair share of assuming when their NFL staff put together their first power rankings of the year. If you were thinking the Lions were going to get any respect this offseason, you were wrong. They ranked the Lions 25th in the league. Here’s their reasoning.

“Detroit was a respectable 10th in total defense last year, but the offense struggled mightily, ranking 24th in yardage per game and 25th in scoring.