CBS (16. Lions: At 3-3, they have righted their season. The defense has made strides the past two weeks, which is key to their turnaround. Now they face a good Indianapolis team that will tell a better story of where they are as a team.): https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/nfl-week-8-power-rankings-steelers-ravens-in-top-three-ahead-of-showdown-tom-bradys-bucs-keep-rising/
USA Today (18. Lions (16): Rookie RB D'Andre Swift has four TDs over past three games. Just imagine if Detroit kept him on field more than 50% of the snaps just once.): https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/columnist/nate-davis/2020/10/27/nfl-power-rankings-week-7-seahawks-steelers-chiefs/6050441002/
SN (18. Detroit Lions 3-3 (22): The Lions are doing their best to play better for Matt Patricia. They've hit the right note in their offense with Matthew Stafford and D'Andre Swift — just in time for a comeback win back in Georgia. The defense is showing signs of responding, too, for two straight weeks.): https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/news/nfl-power-rankings-cowboys-patriots-chiefs-seahawks/1hxe4bz9404nb192ba40qqbidc
Yahoo (19. Detroit Lions (3-3, LW: 20): A nice win for sure, but this needs to be addressed again: The Lions have changed their offense to cater to 35-year-old Adrian Peterson, who was cut by Washington before the season started. Peterson’s yards per carry his last four games: 3.41, 3.27, 2.67, 2.64. Yet, Peterson had more carries than rookie D’Andre Swift on Sunday. Kenny Golladay, one of the NFL’s most impressive receivers, had just seven targets because the Lions are using a lot of plays on Peterson. The priority to this point has been to get Peterson carries, which speaks to how poorly the Lions are being run.): https://sports.yahoo.com/nfl-power-rankings-bucs-might-be-screwing-up-a-promising-season-by-signing-antonio-brown-033733652.html
Freep (19. Lions (3-3)): https://www.freep.com/story/sports/nfl/lions/2020/10/27/nfl-power-rankings-detroit-lions-middle-class-contenders-pretenders/6051001002/
Fox News (19. Lions: Quarterback Matt Stafford threw for 340 yards and a game-winning touchdown strike to tight end T.J. Hockenson in the Lions' win.): https://www.foxnews.com/sports/nfl-weekly-power-rankings-2020-season
PFN (19. Detroit Lions (3-3): In dramatic fashion, the Lions defeated the Atlanta Falcons to get their third win of the year. Matthew Stafford and Kenny Golladay had strong outings, and overall, this was a very good performance by the Lions offense. Detroit has won two in a row and is building some momentum both on the field and in these NFL Power Rankings heading into Week 8.): https://www.profootballnetwork.com/nfl-power-rankings-week-8-2020/
FTW (19. Detroit Lions (3-3) — Who would have thought that Matt Patricia's team would rank higher than Belichick's team in 2020? Then again, it's 2020. Anything can happen.): https://ftw.usatoday.com/gallery/nfl-week-8-power-rankings-cardinals-patriots-chiefs
SI (20. Detroit Lions (3–3): At 3–3, Detroit is on pace to be confounding for another 10 weeks. Matt Stafford seems to be turning the corner, and the Lions have a very weak portion of their schedule coming up with games against Minnesota and Washington looming in the not so distant future.): https://www.si.com/nfl/2020/10/27/nfl-power-rankings-steelers-rams-buccaneers
AP Pro32 (20. Lions): https://apnews.com/hub/pro-32
NFL.com (21. Lions: What a relief it must have been for the Lions to be on the winning end of a dramatic finish for once. Todd Gurley's inability to stop his momentum gave the Lions life, and Matthew Stafford potentially saved Detroit's season with a 75-yard touchdown drive that spanned 64 seconds. That the Lions did it without the aid of a timeout made their comeback all the more unlikely. Stafford's winning touchdown pass was completed to T.J. Hockenson, who now has three scores in his last three games and is starting to tap into the promise that made him a first-round pick a year ago. The Lions get the Colts at home before the schedule lightens up. This is their chance to make a move.): https://www.nfl.com/news/nfl-power-rankings-week-8-buccaneers-hit-top-three-cowboys-fall-continues
Walterfootball (21. Detroit Lions (3-3) - Previously: 29. If you watch Rick and Morty, you might be familiar with Get Schwifty: Could a fan of the Lions please make a song called Get Swifty? I ask this because it might be the only way Matt Patricia realizes that he should start D'Andre Swift over the decrepit Adrian Peterson. Patricia might just be watching cartoons over film at this point; otherwise, he'd know that Swift makes his offense so much better.): https://walterfootball.com/nflpowerrankings.php
PFF (21. Lions): https://www.pff.com/news/nfl-power-rankings-week-8
ESPN (22. Detroit Lions (3-3) (Week 7 ranking: 23): Who needs to step up: RB Adrian Peterson. While the Lions are seeing better play from rookie D'Andre Swift, they need to get more from the Peterson. The future Hall of Famer's numbers might not look too bad, but his production is trending down. He has gone from 6.64 yards per carry in Week 1 to 2.64 yards per carry in Week 7. If Detroit is going to give Peterson 10 or 11 carries a contest instead of, say, going to Kerryon Johnson or using Swift more, Peterson needs to be doing more with those opportunities. It's not all his fault: The playcalling hasn't always been advantageous to him, often resulting in runs in fairly predictable situations. Some playcall diversification from offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell might help. -- Michael Rothstein): https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/30197682/nfl-power-rankings-week-8-1-32-poll-plus-players-need-step-2020
PFT (22. Lions (No. 24; 3-3): Don’t look now but the lowly Lions quietly have become contenders.): https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2020/10/27/pfts-week-8-2020-power-rankings/
Athlonsports.com (22. Detroit Lions (Last week: 22): Usually it's the Lions who snatch a defeat from the jaws of victory but they had to enjoy being on the other end of things against the only franchise that seems similarly cursed in the final quarter.): https://athlonsports.com/nfl-power-rankings
Touchdown Wire (22. Detroit Lions (3-3. Last week: 26): There are many unheralded aspects to the career of Matthew Stafford in Detroit. Of course there are the traits he brings to the quarterback position, between his natural arm talent and his ability to alter his arm slot when delivering throws from the pocket, something that gets Patrick Mahomes a ton of attention from the media today. Then there is this: Entering play on Sunday the veteran quarterback was among the active leaders in game-winning drives. Stafford’s 35 game winning drives entering action on Sunday placed him fifth in the league in that category. You can add another game-winning drive to Stafford’s resume. Thanks to an ill-advised touchdown run from Atlanta’s Todd Gurley – more on that in a minute – Stafford and the Lions got one more chance in the closing minutes to pull out a victory. The quarterback came through, as he had so many times before. He drove the Lions 75 yards in eight plays, even though Detroit was out of time outs, and hit tight end T.J. Hockenson with the game-tying touchdown on the final play from scrimmage. Kicker Matt Prater completed the comeback with the extra point, and the Lions moved to .500 on the season. The Lions are a tough team to figure out, but if you look at the trendlines right now, things are moving in the right direction. After some tough losses to start the season the Lions have won three of their last four and face some winnable games coming up, including matchups with Washington, Minnesota and Carolina. Perhaps it is time to move Matt Patricia off the hot seat for a few weeks.): https://touchdownwire.usatoday.com/lists/week-7-nfl-power-rankings-moving-day/
Average Power Ranking (338/17): 20
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