When Dan McStay joined Joe Daniher on the sidelines, and with Eric Hipwood one quiet outing into his comeback from injury, it was reasonable to wonder if Brisbane had the firepower to stay in contention.

But who needs talls when you’ve got a pack of small forwards like the Lions have? Charlie Cameron took his season goal tally to 23 with another bag of four on Saturday night and now has 15 from his past four outings.

Zac Bailey kicked three to move to 21 for the year, and with Lincoln McCarthy and Cam Rayner also hitting the scoreboard regularly and adding bucketloads of forward-50 pressure, Chris Fagan might be wondering how he fits the big guys in when they are fit.

On Rayner's impact since returning from a knee injury, AFL journalist Damian Barrett says the Lions are only just scratching the surface on what the former number one pick can achieve. 

"Before going down with an injury last year, he'd played 63 matches of footy, but his 9 this year have been very different," he said.

"Midfield roles, coming in and out as a burst player. His skills are elite and I still don't think the Lions under Chris Fagan have scratched the surface of where this guy can go to." 

Essendon great, Matthew Lloyd also spoke excitedly about Rayner's explosive start.

"If he was a stock, you'd be buying plenty of him because he's played 70 games, but his next 70 should be pretty special."