2015 NFL lookahead: Lions' Super Bowl odds at 22/1

OK, then, it's the day after the Super Bowl, time to look ahead at the 2015 NFL season.

CBSSports.com posted the odds for winning Super Bowl 50 — the Seattle Seahawks are the favorite at 5-to-1, followed by the New England Patriots and Green Bay Packers at 6/1 — but for some reason, they listed just 31 teams.

Who was missing? The Detroit Lions, of course.

OK, it was just an oversight, and CBS fixed it later this afternoon.

And the William Hill sportsbook in Vegas put the odds for the Lions — everyone's favorite afterthought — at 22/1.

Here's what some other NFL pundits are telling us to expect next season:

• Not only does espn.com's Mike Sando expect the Lions to be part of the league next season, he's projecting them to be the No. 5 team in the conference (but still behind the NFC North rival Green Bay Packers, at No. 2).

Sando writes: "The Vikings were tempting here because Teddy Bridgewater has shown promise, Minnesota overcame much to finish 7-9 last season, and the division-rival Lions' defense could take a hit. However, the Vikings were 0-7 against teams that finished .500 or better. ... The health and outlook for opposing quarterbacks will come into play. Minnesota gets Denver (Peyton Manning) and Arizona (Carson Palmer) on the road. Detroit plays those teams at home."

He also has the Seahawks and Pats as the overall favorites.

• The Lions are No. 7 in the 2015 power rankings at foxsports.com. Fox says: "Can they retain both Ndamukong Suh and Nick Fairley? After all, they are a big part of why the Lions have become one of the league's most dominant defenses. If they can build a better line to protect Matthew Stafford, the quarterback can take a big step forward in his second season in Joe Lombardi's offense."



Again, the Seahawks and Patriots are 1-2 in the rankings.

Contact Steve Schrader: sschrader@freepress.com. Follow him on Twitter @schradz.