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Detroit Lions

2025 Season · Through Week 18 · Updated Mar 21, 2026
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Detroit Lions

Detroit Lions

9-8
NFC·NFC North
6thinOff EPA(+0.075)13thinDef EPA(-0.016)

Passing Attack

The passing offense ranks 5th in EPA/play (+0.168) through Week 18.

J.Goff17 GP · 619 DB
EPA/DB
+0.18
CPOE
+1.78
Success%
51.8%
Passer Rtg
105.8
PosNameTgtRecYardsTDTgt ShareEPA/TgtYPRR
WRA.St. Brown17211714011131.3%+0.322.65
WRJ.Williams102651109718.5%+0.552.01
RBJ.Gibbs9477613517.1%+0.191.50
TES.LaPorta494048938.9%+0.741.92
WRK.Raymond302428915.5%+0.511.42
RBD.Montgomery292419205.3%+0.110.94
WRI.TeSlaa271623964.9%+0.660.88
TEB.Wright221410824.0%-0.090.67
TEA.Firkser1085301.8%+0.160.48
TER.Dwelley52700.9%-0.510.18
TES.Zylstra532000.9%-0.370.22
WRT.Kennedy443600.7%+1.131.44
TEG.Ricci10000.2%-0.900.00
See full QB Rankings →

Ground Game

The rush offense ranks 25th in EPA (-0.056), running through the RE gap most effectively through Week 18.

EPA by Run Gap

NameCarriesYds/CarryEPA/CarrySuccess%
J.Gibbs2435.0-0.0139.9%
D.Montgomery1574.6+0.0143.3%
J.Williams62.0-0.2433.3%
J.Goff31.7+0.40100.0%
C.Reynolds31.3-0.790.0%
A.St. Brown33.0+0.1933.3%
K.Raymond29.5+0.78100.0%
J.Saylors25.5-0.530.0%
G.Stuard10.0-2.790.0%
M.Cunningham11.0-0.500.0%
S.Vaki14.0-0.880.0%
Full Run Gap Breakdown →

Defense

Def EPA/Play
-0.016
13th
Def Pass EPA
-0.005
14th
Def Rush EPA
-0.030
17th
Def Success Rate
41.0%
9th

Run Defense by Gap

Opponents target the M gap most (103 carries).

LE
43 car+0.09
LT
63 car-0.01
LG
35 car+0.05
M
103 car-0.17
RG
38 car-0.03
RT
56 car-0.03
RE
57 car+0.08

NFC North

Chicago Bears
Chicago Bears
11-6
Off:7thDef:21st
Green Bay Packers
Green Bay Packers
9-7-1
Off:4thDef:22nd
Minnesota Vikings
Minnesota Vikings
9-8
Off:28thDef:3rd