Tuesday, November 1, 2022

Week 9 Power Rankings

Walter football (24. Detroit Lions NFL Power Rankings Detroit Lions (1-6) - Previously: 25.  Underrated NFL Team: See why the Lions are an underrated NFL team in our Overrated-Underrated page.):  https://walterfootball.com/nflpowerrankings.php

SI (27. Detroit Lions (1–6):  It’s so sad to see the Lions keep losing football games, especially when they are in most of them. Another porous defensive performance prompted the firing of defensive passing game coordinator Aubrey Pleasant shortly after the game. Will anything change in the secondary, or is it already too late?):  https://www.si.com/nfl/2022/11/01/nfl-power-rankings-top-three-eagles-undefeated

FTW (30.  Detroit Lions (Last week’s rank: 29):  Dan Campbell’s bunch is now locked into the perfect de facto tank job. With a competitive loss to the Dolphins, Detroit seems to have the pole position for the No. 1 overall pick in the 2023 draft. And with the sheer talent it has up front, in the backfield, and in terms of pass targets — whoever they potentially take at quarterback might enter one of the league’s better rookie situations in a long time.):  https://ftw.usatoday.com/lists/nfl-week-9-power-rankings-seahawks-bills-eagles

ESPN (31. Detroit Lions (1-6) (Week 8 ranking: 31):  Reason for optimism: It's Year 2 of the rebuild.  The Lions national feature on HBO's "Hard Knocks" may have given the public some sort of false hope that they would be much better than they actually are. Through seven games, one win certainly isn't acceptable, but Lions owner Sheila Ford Hamp told reporters last week that she continues to believe in head coach Dan Campbell and general manager Brad Holmes to turn things around. Detroit has a pair of first-round picks in the upcoming 2023 draft with a lot of young talent on the current roster, and if they're properly developed could help change the losing culture in Motown. -- Eric Woodyard):  https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/34883241/nfl-week-9-power-rankings-2022-1-32-poll-reason-hope#DET

CBS (31. Lions: They can score. But they can't stop anybody. That's going to be a season-long issue.):  https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/nfl-week-9-power-rankings-vikings-no-4-but-are-they-a-legit-contender-two-nfc-west-teams-jump-into-top-10/

NFL.com (31.  Detroit Lions (Previous rank: No. 31):  The Lions scored on their first five possessions Sunday and led for the first 42 minutes of game time, but the final result was maddeningly consistent for Dan Campbell's team: a 34-27 loss to the Dolphins in which the defense could not get a stop when it counted. On Monday, Campbell announced he'd fired defensive backs coach Aubrey Pleasant, a lever a struggling team is known to flip when it's not sure what else to do. "We're in a production-based business," said Campbell, "and after seven weeks, I felt like this change needed to be made." We're a long way off from the feel-good vibes of Hard Knocks.):  https://www.nfl.com/news/nfl-power-rankings-week-9-2022-nfl-season

Yahoo (31. Detroit Lions (1-6, LW: 31):  The Lions fired defensive backs coach Aubrey Pleasant after another awful game for the defense. The Lions had two 14-point leads against the Dolphins and nobody believed they were going to win. It's a really bad team right now and firing the defensive backs coach won't fix that. If things don't turn around soon, Pleasant probably won't be the last coach to go. And eventually Dan Campbell won't have any more assistant coaches to fire before he's the one on the block.):  https://sports.yahoo.com/nfl-power-rankings-trevor-lawrences-problems-cant-be-blamed-on-urban-mayer-anymore-031106388.html

USA Today (31. Lions (31): If nothing else, at least it appears 2020 first-round CB Jeff Okudah's career is back on track – and with 20 tackles over the past two weeks, apparent he's not afraid to get his hands dirty.):  https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/columnist/nate-davis/2022/11/01/nfl-power-rankings-week-9-2022-eagles-bills-chiefs-midpoint/10657831002/

Touchdown wire (31. Detroit Lions (1-6) (Last entry: No. 29):  Part of the Lions’ problem has been their inability to close out games. The matter persisted against the Miami Dolphins at Ford Field. Coach Dan Campbell has been unable to get his team to close out in the fourth quarter, and until they can unlock that mystery, the Lions will be a bottom-tier club.):  https://touchdownwire.usatoday.com/lists/nfl-week-8-power-rankings-eagles-soaring-texans-tanking/

Athlon sports (31. Detroit Lions (Last week: 31):  Ownership recently did a few media appearances in support of the coaching staff but at some point, the same ol' song getting played in loss after loss on Sundays will result in some big changes (again) for the organization.):  https://athlonsports.com/nfl/nfl-power-rankings

Foxsports (31. Detroit Lions (1-6): The whole "scrappy" thing starts to get old after a while. The Lions have to find ways to finish games, because no one cares how tough you play when the record slips to 1-6. One week after playing surprisingly tough against Dallas, the Detroit defense allowed Miami to score points on five straight possessions.):  https://www.foxsports.com/stories/nfl/nfl-power-rankings-eagles-fly-to-the-top-bengals-bucs-jags-tumble


SN (32. Detroit Lions 1-6 (32):  The Lions can keep scoring some big points when all their key weapons are around Jared Goff, but it's clear their defense cannot stop anything when games matter despite building any kind of leads.):  https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/news/nfl-power-rankings-49ers-seahawks-raiders-steelers/uns37zwtzuzwvbjvlztjr473

PFT’s Week 9 2022 NFL Power Rankings (32. Lions (1-6; No. 32): Having a coach who’s a real character is good. Having a coach who wins at least once per month would be even better.):  https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/11/01/pfts-week-9-2022-nfl-power-rankings-2/



Bally sports (32. Detroit Lions (1-6, LW: 32): So Aubrey Pleasant, the defensive backs coach fired on Monday, was the problem with the league’s worst defense. Yeah, right.):  https://www.ballysports.com/national/news/nfl-power-rankings-dolphins-return-to-top-10-also-win-trade-deadline

PFN Week 9 NFL Power Rankings: Ravens Survive, Cowboys Score, and Saints Shut Out Raiders(Week 9 NFL Power Rankings: Tier 6 | Unadulteraded Awfulnes - It’s time to start checking out our Mock Draft Simulator. Each team in Tier 6 could compete for the top pick in the 2023 NFL Draft. No team has more than two wins on the season, and each team will struggle to be favorites in any game they play unless they’re playing one another.  Detroit Lions - No team is better at competitively losing than the Lions. Detroit has some weapons and a legitimately good offensive line, but they’re a quarterback away from competing in the NFC.  However, that’s not the only issue. The Lions’ defense continues to come up short. They allowed Miami to chew off 7.4 yards per play on offense, score in each of their three red-zone attempts, and eight of 12 third downs.  This is a team looking to build while losing, and it appears they are.):  https://www.profootballnetwork.com/nfl-power-rankings-week-9-2022/

Average Power Ranking (520/17):  31

Note:  I still have a couple more to add.
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