Each week, SB Nation tracks NFL fans’ confidence levels of their favorite teams with their Reacts Surveys posted on their team websites. For Pride of Detroit, we are tasked with gauging Detroit Lions fans’ confidence in the team heading into each game. But this week, with the Lions on the bye, we’ve added a second question to the mix:

The Lions, however, were missing Pro Bowl defensive back Brian Branch in this one after the 23-year-old was suspended by the NFL for the Bucs game. Branch was penalized for instigating a fight in the aftermath of their loss to the Chiefs, where he threw an open-faced strike on Kansas City wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster’s helmet.

Tate Ratledge opens up about adjusting to life in the NFL, lessons from veterans, and his first impressions of Dan Campbell.

The Lions acquired notable pass-rushing help before last season’s trade deadline in landing Za’Darius Smith from the Browns. A year later, the Lions could address the same area.

The final Monday night doubleheader of the season is taking place in Week 7, and there are two big games on the schedule. In the early game, the Detroit Lions (5-2) pulled off a dominant performance in a 24-9 win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (5-2).

Lions safety Brian Branch was suspended for one game and a now-deleted NFL Films video added fuel to the fire. Here is how we got here.

Welcome to week 8 of the NFL season! It is always fun to take a look at bold predictions every week, seeing what comes true, what is way off, and what comes close. Here is one or more bold predictions for every AFC team this week!

There was a strange moment during the Detroit Lions' 24-9 victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Monday in which officials initially ruled Cade Otton picked up a first down only for them to change their mind with a "second look.

In this edition of the Power Rankings, Eric Edholm executes a major shakeup in the top three, including a change at No. 1. All in all, 25 teams move up/down in the updated league pecking order.

Detroit’s taped-together secondary was the catalyst for a lights-out defensive showing in Monday night's 24-9 win against the Buccaneers.