Barring injuries the Lions will be a playoff team next year and might even win the NFC North.
They in a weird spot
On one hand they have a placeholder QB that they don't think they can build with, but he's playing well enough to keep his job
Meanwhile they aren't really lacking at other positions on the field, they have good, young, promising talent at pretty much every element of the game. So it's hard to see them progressing as a team without getting a more dynamic QB
It's similar to what Minnesota is dealing with in cousins but they happened to strike gold with jefferson