Detroit Lions

2026 Season · Through Week 2 · Updated Sep 18, 2026

Detroit Lions

NFC North

1-1 · 3rd NFC North

Off EPA 11th · Def EPA 24th · TO Diff +2

Schedule & Results1-1

W19/13

W31-30

W29/17

@BUF

L31-41

W39/27

NYJ

SUN1:00

W410/4

@CAR

SUN8:20

W510/11

@ARI

SUN4:25

BYE

W710/25

SUN4:25

W811/1

MIN

SUN1:00

W911/8

@MIA

SUN1:00

W1011/15

SUN9:30

W1111/22

SUN1:00

W1211/26

CHI

THU1:00

W1312/6

@ATL

SUN1:00

W1412/13

TEN

SUN1:00

W1512/20

@MIN

SUN8:20

W1612/28

NYG

MON8:15

W171/3

@CHI

SUN4:25

W181/10

@GB

SUN1:00

Passing Attack

The passing offense ranks 10th in EPA/play (+0.236) through Week 2.

J.Goff2 GP · 85 DB

EPA/DB

+0.22

CPOE

+1.49

Success%

51.2%

Passer Rtg

113.2

Pos	Name	Tgt	Rec	Yards	TD	Tgt Share	EPA/Tgt	YPRR
WR	A.St. Brown	27	19	209	4	35.1%	+0.43	—
TE	S.LaPorta	15	11	100	1	19.5%	+0.58	—
RB	J.Gibbs	13	11	91	1	16.9%	+0.24	—
WR	J.Williams	13	6	78	0	16.9%	+0.15	—
WR	I.TeSlaa	6	2	26	0	7.8%	+0.20	—
RB	S.Vaki	2	2	24	0	2.6%	+0.60	—
TE	B.Wright	1	1	5	0	1.3%	-0.20	—

See full QB Rankings →

Ground Game

The rush offense ranks 25th in EPA (-0.092) through Week 2.

EPA by Run Gap

Name	Carries	Yds/Carry	EPA/Carry	Success%
J.Gibbs	45	4.6	-0.02	46.7%
S.Vaki	3	4.7	-0.04	33.3%

Full Run Gap Breakdown →

Rushing by Down & Distance

Down	1-2 yds	3-4 yds	5-7 yds	8-10 yds	11+ yds
1st	0.44 1 car	—	-0.24 1 car	-0.09 22 car(NFL: -0.04)	-0.62 1 car
2nd	0.55 3 car	0.44 5 car(NFL: 0.19)	-0.72 2 car	-0.25 9 car(NFL: -0.10)	0.06 2 car
3rd	-1.03 2 car	—	1.74 1 car	—	-1.78 1 car
4th	—	—	—	—	—

PoorBreak-even (0.00)EliteDashed = <5 carriesNFL avg rush EPA ~-0.06

Situational Efficiency

All Plays

Overall offensive efficiency

12th

135 plays

+0.11

EPA/Play

SR: 47%

Pass%: 61%

Run

-0.09

Pass

+0.24

Early Downs

1st & 2nd down

11th

109 plays

+0.11

EPA/Play

SR: 48%

Pass%: 55%

Run

-0.06

Pass

+0.24

Passing Downs

2nd & 7+ or 3rd & 5+

15th

49 plays

+0.08

EPA/Play

SR: 45%

Pass%: 71%

Run

-0.19

Pass

+0.19

Short Yardage

3rd/4th & 2 or less

19th

4 plays

-0.20

EPA/Play

SR: 50%

Pass%: 50%

Run

-1.03

Pass

+0.63

Red Zone

Inside the 20

11th

28 plays

+0.36

EPA/Play

SR: 57%

Pass%: 54%

Run

-0.00

Pass

+0.67

Goal Line

Inside the 5

10th

9 plays

+0.58

EPA/Play

SR: 78%

Pass%: 44%

Run

+0.45

Pass

+0.75

Late & Close

WP 25-75%, last 15 min

4th

12 plays

+0.37

EPA/Play

SR: 67%

Pass%: 58%

Run

+0.18

Pass

+0.51

Defense

Def EPA/Play

+0.150

24th

Def Pass EPA

+0.161

21st

Def Rush EPA

+0.134

28th

Def Success Rate

48.1%

27th

Run Defense by Gap

Opponents target the M gap most (18 carries). Best defended: RG (-0.313 EPA/carry).

4 car-0.02

7 car-0.09

7 car+0.38

18 car+0.31

5 car-0.31

7 car+0.01

2 car+0.64

NFC North