It’s been a long time since we’ve seen an NFL team like the Detroit Lions. What we mean is, in a league of profound parity, the Lions have distinguished themselves

Here's a look at where the Detroit Lions stand in the most recent NFL power rankings, after soundly defeating the Jacksonville Jaguars in Week 11. Sports Illustrated Power ranking: 1st Previous ranking: 1st We’ll begin here to say this: I was happy the Lions throttled the Jaguars over the weekend.

I guess the window was still open after all. Probably wide open in fact. Remember all that preseason talk of how the Buffalo Bills' window for winning had closed, how it was over for them, how the roster turnover would change the team's fortunes and that they couldn't get past those losses on the field in the playoffs and on the roster?