How did the Lions, Bears, and Vikings get better? And so much better that they will unseat the Packers, who are a combined 26-6 the past two regular seasons?
Lions - Lost Cliff Avril, Backus, Delmas, and some other crap. Gained - Reggie Bush...
Bears - Signed D.J. Williams, Martellus Bennett, and Bushrod. Lost Urlacher. Still have Quitler.
Vikings - Lost Percy, Winfield, Brinkley (starting MLB). Signed GJ85, and got an extra 1st round draft pick.
If I remember correctly, Bushrod was graded about equal or worse than Newhouse by PFF. So, assuming that's accurate, I don't see any improvement to really fret over by any of the three teams. And even if I'm wrong on Bushrod, the rest of the OL still sucks and they still have Quitler.
We lost GJ, DD (didn't play last year anyways), and Woodson (hardly played and was a liability by most who watched). Obv. we haven't signed anybody. But, we also gain plenty of injured players.
Long story short, I stand by my previous picture.