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NFL Power Rankings Week 5: Surging Lions are real threat to 49ers, Eagles

Dan Campbell’s Lions are no fluke. Detroit is on the rise in this week’s ranks.

Thursday night’s win at Lambeau should’ve told you everything. The Detroit Lions, one year after just missing out on the playoffs, are a legit NFC power. They wouldn’t have completely outclassed the rival Green Bay Packers if they didn’t have a little extra punch to them.

The advanced stats bear out a similar story.

At the moment, Detroit is in the top five in both offensive and defensive DVOA. It has a borderline top-10 offense and defense in expected points added (EPA), too. And if we’re just going off the eye test, it’s obvious this Lions team plays with an extra edge like it genuinely believes in head coach Dan Campbell’s message. This is one of those squads that isn’t well and truly dead until the clock reads all zeroes.

That’s what makes Jared Goff’s snipes at any continued disrespect of the Lions resonate so much. The Lions can clearly compete with the NFL’s big boys. It’s high time everyone — especially the San Francisco 49ers and Philadelphia Eagles — understands they aren’t a bottom feeder anymore.

Here are For The Win’s Week 5 NFL Power Rankings, which (rightfully) feature these Lions near the top.

NFL power rankings Week 5: Bills move into top 3, Steelers fall

Our NFL power rankings going into Week 5 of the 2023 season.

With Week 4 in the books after Monday night’s action (if you want to call it that), it’s time to take a look at our NFL power rankings going into Week 5, which feature the Buffalo Bills among the teams moving up and the Pittsburgh Steelers among those moving down.

The Bills notched an impressive win over the Miami Dolphins, a team coming off a historic victory last week. After an ugly Week 1 loss, the Bills have erased all doubt about their place among the NFL’s elite.

Meanwhile, the Steelers not only dropped their Week 4 contest to the Houston Texans, who made a big leap in our power rankings as a result, Pittsburgh was completely blown out in an embarrassing showing that also saw Kenny Pickett suffer a knee injury.

Here’s how things shake out in our NFL power rankings going into Week 5.

NFL power rankings round-up: Where Titans sit after Week 4 loss

The Titans are understandably moving backwards after their Week 4 loss to the Jets.

The Tennessee Titans are rightly moving in the wrong direction in the NFL power rankings of experts going into Week 5 after their embarrassing loss to the New York Jets on Sunday.

For a team that was billed as a Super Bowl contender going into the 2021 season, the Titans have looked like anything but that, and that point was hammered home in Week 4.

In our power rankings round-up for this week, we start with USA TODAY’s Nate Davis, who has the Titans at No. 15, dropping just one spot after the loss to the Jets.

15. Titans (14): If you want to know how they squandered a mostly dominant performance against the Jets, look no further than the offensive line – which has surrendered a league-high 17 sacks of Ryan Tannehill, including seven to the NYJ. At least Tennessee’s AFC South residence confers wide margin for error.

Now, let’s take a look around at other outlets and see where they have Tennessee in their NFL power rankings.