NFC North · 2018

Detroit Lions

Record

6-10

Net EPA

-0.015est.

Efficiency

How this team plays

Percentile against the teams that played this season, computed from play-by-play.

Offence

Higher is better.

EPA / play-0.022
Success rate41.5%
EPA / dropback+0.027
EPA / rush-0.106
Explosive rate7.7%
CPOE-2.79
Third-down rate36.1%
Red-zone TD rate57.3%
Points / drive1.75
Turnover rate1.7%

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Defence

Oriented so that further right is always better.

EPA / play allowed+0.040
Success rate allowed43.9%
EPA / dropback allowed+0.132
EPA / rush allowed-0.099
Explosive rate allowed8.8%
Pressure rate (proxy)20.3%
Sack rate7.3%
Points / drive allowed1.90

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Offensive EPA / play — league shape-0.022 · 27th %ile

Defensive EPA / play allowed — league shape (left is better)+0.040 · 69th %ile

Form

The shape of the season

Rolling four-week EPA per play. The aggregate hides collapses and surges; this shows them.

4-week rolling EPA/play — up is good for both lines.

Offense
Defense (prevented)

Betting profile

Against the number

Settled against closing lines. Descriptive, not predictive.

ATS

9-7

+0.6 vs line

Home

3-5

Away

6-2

As favorite

3-2

As dog

6-5

O/U

6-10

-3.4 vs total

Roster

98 players

53 active. Skill players link through to their fantasy page.

Quarterbacks3

Quarterbacks
#	Player	Pos	Age	Ht/Wt	Exp	College	St
8	Matt Cassel	QB	36	6'4" 228	13	USC	ACT
9	Matthew Stafford	QB	30	6'3" 220	9	Georgia	ACT
14	Jake Rudock	QB	25	6'3" 212	2	Michigan	DEV

Backs & receivers25

Backs & receivers
#	Player	Pos	Age	Ht/Wt	Exp	College	St
3	Brian Brown	WR	25	6'1" 208	1	Richmond	DEV
3	Deontez Alexander	WR	22	6'1" 196	R	Franklin	DEV
10	Brandon Powell	WR	24	5'8" 189	R	Florida	ACT
11	Marvin Jones	WR	28	6'2" 198	6	California	RES
12	Bruce Ellington	WR	27	5'9" 200	4	South Carolina	RES
12	Bradley Marquez	WR	27	5'10" 205	3	Texas Tech	CUT
13	T.J. Jones	WR	26	6'0" 190	4	Notre Dame	ACT
17	Andy Jones	WR	24	6'1" 220	2	Jacksonville	ACT
18	Chris Lacy	WR	22	6'3" 205	R	Oklahoma State	ACT
19	Kenny Golladay	WR	26	6'4" 213	1	Northern Illinois	ACT
25	Theo Riddick	RB	27	5'9" 201	5	Notre Dame	ACT
29	LeGarrette Blount	RB	33	6'0" 250	8	Oregon	ACT
33	Kerryon Johnson	RB	21	5'11" 206	R	Auburn	RES
34	Zach Zenner	RB	28	5'11" 221	3	South Dakota	ACT
43	Nick Bellore	RB	29	6'1" 250	7	Central Michigan	ACT
43	Justin Stockton	RB	23	5'10" 192	R	Texas Tech	DEV
46	Nick Bawden	RB	22	6'2" 245	R	San Diego State	RES
80	Dom Williams	WR	—	6'2" 200	2	Washington State	CUT
80	Michael Roberts	TE	24	6'5" 265	1	Toledo	RES
82	Luke Willson	TE	28	6'5" 254	5	Rice	ACT
83	Dontez Ford	WR	—	6'2" 210	1	Pittsburgh	CUT
85	Sean McGrath	TE	—	6'5" 255	6	Henderson State	CUT
86	Jerome Cunningham	TE	27	6'3" 240	4	Southern Connecticut State	ACT
87	Levine Toilolo	TE	27	6'8" 265	5	Stanford	ACT
89	Brandon Reilly	WR	26	6'2" 200	1	Nebraska	DEV

Offensive line13

Offensive line
#	Player	Pos	Age	Ht/Wt	Exp	College	St
60	Graham Glasgow	OL	26	6'6" 310	2	Michigan	ACT
63	Beau Nunn	OL	—	6'3" 304	R	Appalachian State	CUT
64	John Montelus	OL	—	6'4" 316	R	Virginia	CUT
65	Tyrell Crosby	OL	24	6'4" 320	R	Oregon	ACT
66	Joe Dahl	OL	25	6'4" 305	2	Washington State	ACT
68	Taylor Decker	OL	25	6'7" 311	2	Ohio State	ACT
71	Rick Wagner	OL	30	6'6" 315	5	Wisconsin	ACT
71	Jarron Jones	OL	24	6'6" 320	1	Notre Dame	DEV
75	Leo Koloamatangi	OL	24	6'5" 305	1	Hawaii	ACT
76	T.J. Lang	OL	32	6'4" 315	9	Eastern Michigan	RES
77	Frank Ragnow	OL	22	6'5" 317	R	Arkansas	ACT
78	Andrew Donnal	OL	26	6'6" 310	3	Iowa	ACT
79	Kenny Wiggins	OL	30	6'6" 314	7	Fresno State	ACT

Defensive front32

Defensive front
#	Player	Pos	Age	Ht/Wt	Exp	College	St
40	Jarrad Davis	LB	25	6'1" 238	1	Florida	ACT
42	Devon Kennard	LB	27	6'4" 251	4	Southern California	ACT
44	Jalen Reeves-Maybin	LB	23	6'0" 230	1	Tennessee	RES
49	Freddie Bishop	LB	—	6'2" 259	5	Western Michigan	CUT
50	Nicholas Grigsby	LB	26	6'2" 220	2	Pittsburgh	ACT
50	Al-Rasheed Benton	LB	—	6'1" 242	R	West Virginia	CUT
51	Kelvin Sheppard	LB	30	6'2" 252	7	LSU	ACT
52	Christian Jones	LB	27	6'3" 245	4	Florida State	ACT
53	Trevor Bates	LB	25	6'2" 250	2	Maine	ACT
54	Steve Longa	LB	25	6'0" 240	2	Rutgers	RES
55	Jonathan Freeny	LB	—	6'2" 245	7	Rutgers	CUT
55	Eric Lee	DL	24	6'3" 260	2	South Florida	ACT
57	Cam Johnson	DL	—	6'4" 272	6	Virginia	CUT
57	Eli Harold	LB	24	6'3" 265	3	Virginia	ACT
58	Alex Barrett	DL	24	6'3" 260	1	San Diego State	CUT
58	Garret Dooley	LB	25	6'2" 248	R	Wisconsin	DEV
59	Chad Meredith	LB	—	6'4" 255	R	Southeast Missouri State	CUT
61	Kerry Hyder	DL	27	6'2" 270	4	Texas Tech	ACT
62	Josh Fatu	DL	—	6'2" 310	R	USC	CUT
69	Josh Frazier	DL	24	6'3" 321	R	Alabama	DEV
70	Mitchell Loewen	DL	25	6'5" 275	2	Arkansas	ACT
78	Jonathan Wynn	DL	25	6'4" 256	R	Vanderbilt	DEV
90	Cornelius Washington	DL	—	6'4" 280	5	Georgia	CUT
91	Robert Ayers	DL	—	6'3" 275	9	Tennessee	CUT
91	A'Shawn Robinson	DL	23	6'4" 322	2	Alabama	RES
93	Da'Shawn Hand	DL	24	6'3" 297	R	Alabama	RES
94	Ezekiel Ansah	DL	29	6'5" 275	5	Brigham Young	RES
95	Toby Johnson	DL	—	6'4" 320	3	Georgia	CUT
95	Romeo Okwara	LB	23	6'4" 275	2	Notre Dame	ACT
97	Ricky Jean Francois	DL	33	6'2" 313	9	LSU	ACT
98	Damon Harrison	DL	31	6'3" 350	6	William Penn	ACT
99	John Atkins	DL	27	6'3" 305	R	Georgia	ACT

Secondary21

Secondary
#	Player	Pos	Age	Ht/Wt	Exp	College	St
21	Don Carey	DB	31	5'11" 202	9	Norfolk State	CUT
21	Marcus Cooper	DB	28	6'2" 197	5	Rutgers	ACT
23	Darius Slay	DB	27	6'0" 190	5	Mississippi State	ACT
24	Nevin Lawson	DB	27	5'9" 192	4	Utah State	ACT
26	DeShawn Shead	DB	29	6'2" 216	6	Portland State	RES
26	David Jones	DB	26	6'3" 210	1	Richmond	DEV
27	Glover Quin	DB	32	6'0" 207	9	New Mexico	ACT
28	Quandre Diggs	DB	25	5'9" 200	3	Texas	ACT
30	Sterling Moore	DB	—	5'9" 200	7	Southern Methodist	CUT
30	Stefan McClure	DB	—	5'10" 205	2	California	CUT
30	Dee Virgin	DB	26	5'9" 205	1	West Alabama	ACT
31	Teez Tabor	DB	24	6'0" 201	1	Florida	ACT
32	Tavon Wilson	DB	28	6'0" 212	6	Illinois	ACT
34	Josh Okonye	DB	—	5'11" 200	R	Purdue	CUT
35	Miles Killebrew	DB	25	6'2" 222	2	Southern Utah	ACT
36	Andre Chachere	DB	22	6'0" 200	R	San Jose State	ACT
38	Mike Ford	DB	23	6'0" 196	R	Southeast Missouri	ACT
39	Jamal Agnew	DB	23	5'10" 190	1	San Diego	ACT
45	Charles Washington	DB	25	5'10" 192	2	Fresno State	RES
46	Marcus Cromartie	DB	29	6'0" 195	5	Wisconsin	CUT
47	Tracy Walker	DB	23	6'1" 200	R	Louisiana-Lafayette	ACT

Specialists4

Specialists
#	Player	Pos	Age	Ht/Wt	Exp	College	St
2	Ryan Santoso	P	23	6'5" 258	R	Minnesota	CUT
5	Matt Prater	K	34	5'10" 201	12	Central Florida	ACT
6	Sam Martin	P	28	6'1" 211	5	Appalachian State	ACT
48	Don Muhlbach	LS	37	6'4" 258	14	Texas A&M	ACT

Schedule

16 games

Detroit Lions schedule
Wk	Opponent	Result	Spread	EPA/play
1	vs Jets	L 17-48	-7	-0.375
2	@ 49ers	L 27-30	+6	+0.097
3	vs Patriots	W 26-10	+7	+0.031
4	@ Cowboys	L 24-26	+2.5	+0.273
5	vs Packers	W 31-23	-1	+0.028
7	@ Dolphins	W 32-21	-3	+0.388
8	vs Seahawks	L 14-28	-3	+0.080
9	@ Vikings	L 9-24	+4.5	-0.205
10	@ Bears	L 22-34	+7.5	-0.088
11	vs Panthers	W 20-19	+4	+0.018
12	vs Bears	L 16-23	+3	-0.137
13	vs Rams	L 16-30	+10.5	-0.149
14	@ Cardinals	W 17-3	-2.5	-0.165
15	@ Bills	L 13-14	+2.5	+0.076
16	vs Vikings	L 9-27	+6.5	-0.331
17	@ Packers	W 31-0	+7.5	+0.243