Notes: Lions rank near the top of Super Bowl window rankings

Bucky Brooks of NFL.com released his rankings of the teams with the biggest Super Bowl windows, and unsurprisingly, the Lions were near the top of his list.

You have heard it ever since the 2024 season ended so painfully in the Divisional Round of the playoffs, but the Detroit Lions are setup for long-term success. It isn’t just those in Detroit that are thiking that way, either.

Bucky Brooks of NFL.com recently released his Super Bowl window rankings, where he has the Lions at second on the list, just behind the Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles .

“Brad Holmes and Dan Campbell have assembled a gritty group of competitors with outstanding skills and big-play ability,” wrote Brooks of the Lions’ high-powered offense. “From Jared Goff to a quintet of outstanding weapons (Jahmyr Gibbs , David Montgomery , Amon-Ra St. Brown , Jameson Williams and Sam LaPorta ) and an ensemble of bullies up front (headlined by Penei Sewell and Frank Ragnow ), the Lions are built to win utilizing force or finesse in 2025 and beyond.”

You can read the entire section about the Lions, as well as how the rest of Brooks’ rankings shake out right here .

And now, onto the rest of today’s notes:

• Looking for more content regarding Lions running back Jahmyr Gibbs and new running backs coach Tashard Choice? Here is an article you can sink your teeth into by Eric Edholm of NFL.com from back in April 2023, that dives into Gibbs’ personality both on and off the field.

• Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press wrote about Lions’ offensive coordinator John Morton, and how the, “Maniacal grinder,” has always waited for this opportunity.

• Brian Branch and a few of his friends released a vlog from Super Bowl weekend in New Orleans that he shared via his Instagram page.

• Lions’ quarterback Jared Goff is among some elite company in terms of his pass EPA in 2024.

• Top-2 and that is final.

• The question really is, how many will Lions defensive end Aidan Hutchinson rack up in 2025 when he is hopefully healthy for an entire year?

• Former Lions wide receiver coach Robert Prince interviewed for the New Orleans Saints ’ offensive coordinator role.

• Tim Twentyman of DetroitLions.com runs through what kind of players have been available at number 28 overall in year’s past.

• Interested in learning more about the hypothetical trade scenarios surrounding elite edge rushers such as Cleveland Browns ’ Myles Garrett or Las Vegas Raiders ’ Maxx Crosby. My good friend Meko Scott and I have you covered over at the Pride of Detroit YouTube channel. You can watch the Garrett video here , and the discussion about Crosby’s situation here .