There is no exercise more eye-opening to the level of talent a team has than ranking their roster from 1 to 90. Though it’s hard to really get a sense of how good a team’s depth is when you’re only doing it with one NFL franchise, it really does give you a good sense of how much talent a team has from top to bottom.
Since 2017, the Pride of Detroit staff has done this, giving us a better sense of the team’s strengths and weaknesses while also providing an interesting historical look at the Lions and how they’ve changed over the year.