Let’s take a look at the rosters of the teams playing this weekend in Super Bowl LIV and how the Detroit Lions roster stacks up.
The Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers are set to face-off for a chance to hoist the Lombardi Trophy. Both teams took very different roads to get to Miami.
The Chiefs fell just short last year as they lost in overtime to the New England Patriots in their conference championship game. The 49ers only won four games a season ago and finished second to last in their conference, very similar to the Detroit Lions this year.
In theory, it’s possible for the Lions to be able to follow in the footsteps of the 49ers on their way to compete for a world championship, but how far away is Detroit’s roster from the contenders this year?
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Kansas City Chiefs – The Chiefs have one player voted first team All-Pro, four players voted second team All-Pro, and six players selected to the Pro Bowl.
San Francisco 49ers – The 49ers have one player voted first team All-Pro, two players voted second team All-Pro, and four players selected to the Pro Bowl.
Detroit Lions– The Lions didn’t have any players voted to the first or second team All-Pro. The only player selected to the Pro Bowl was Darius Slay, although Kenny Golladay was chosen as a replacement player.
Conclusion – General manager Bob Quinn needs to bring in some high-end talent and head coach Matt Patricia needs to do a better job of developing players and putting them in position to be elite.