Are the 2018 Detroit Lions really destined for a last place finish?

After all the positive hype this offseason are the Detroit Lions really a last place team or are they finally ready to start becoming winners?

As you might all know by now, USA Today has picked our very own Detroit Lions to finish dead last in the NFC North Division. After all the hoopla that has followed this team this offseason, are the Lions really a last place team?

To start matters, let me say that I would be shocked if at least one or two publications didn’t pick the Lions for last place.

I don’t say this based on what the Lions have or haven’t done this offseason, I say it more because of the lazy way that so many ‘journalists’ make their picks. The Minnesota Vikings almost became the first team to play in their home stadium in the Super Bowl last season, added a few big name pieces to the puzzle and have a very competitive history.

The Green Bay Packers don’t seem to have improved their roster that much, but the return of Aaron Rodgers means that they won’t be pushovers again.

And the Chicago Bears have been around forever, they are the monsters of the midway and have been to the Super Bowl before unlike the Lions, along with actually winning it 32 years ago.

In other words, the other teams in the NFC North are not the Lions, which means they are clearly better than Detroit.

As a matter of fact, Colin Cowherd added his own spin on how poor the Lions history has been in the Super Bowl era. Just a couple of days ago he revealed his ‘NFL Franchise Futility Checklist’. It includes four categories; teams that have never appeared in the Super Bowl, teams that have had a winless season, teams that haven’t won a playoff game since 1991 (which seemed to be conveniently added just for the Lions) and the most losses in the Super Bowl era.

Like it or not, the Lions are the only team to appear in every one of those categories while single-handedly holding the record for most losses in the Super Bowl era.

Talk about your bad luck.