They have a long way to go still. They have all their division games left, plus they play the Cowboys, the Niners, the Broncos, the Falcons, the Saints, the Raiders, and the Chargers. That is a brutal schedule when you have to play the Packers and the Bears TWICE each. As much as I love the Chiefs (second favorite team), I think people expected too much from them based on the fact that they overachieved. Tampa is a decent team, but was another team that overachieved last year. Lions look good, but to make the playoffs they have beat each team in their division at least once and split their out of division games. I see them going 8-8 or 9-7. But that would probably still put them behind the Packers, Bears, Eagles, whoever wins the NFC West, and possibly another team in the NFC East. It will be very tough for them, but not out of reach.
Let's see when they get into the meat of their schedule and how they respond to real competition, which will start with Minnesota next week.