NFC North · 2019

Detroit Lions

Record

3-12-1

Net EPA

-0.145est.

Efficiency

How this team plays

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

Offence

Higher is better.

EPA / play-0.039
Success rate41.5%
EPA / dropback+0.049
EPA / rush-0.193
Explosive rate8.8%
CPOE-3.54
Third-down rate41.4%
Red-zone TD rate68.1%
Points / drive1.73
Turnover rate2.1%

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Defence

Oriented so that further right is always better.

EPA / play allowed+0.071
Success rate allowed44.7%
EPA / dropback allowed+0.172
EPA / rush allowed-0.100
Explosive rate allowed9.2%
Pressure rate (proxy)13.8%
Sack rate4.0%
Points / drive allowed2.17

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Offensive EPA / play — league shape-0.039 · 34th %ile

Defensive EPA / play allowed — league shape (left is better)+0.071 · 79th %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

6-10

-0.9 vs line

Home

4-4

Away

2-6

As favorite

0-3

As dog

6-7

O/U

10-6

+2.9 vs total

Roster

102 players

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

Quarterbacks8

Quarterbacks
#	Player	Pos	Age	Ht/Wt	Exp	College	St
1	Kyle Sloter	QB	25	6'5" 218	2	Northern Colorado	ACT
2	Jeff Driskel	QB	26	6'4" 235	3	Louisiana Tech	RES
2	Joe Callahan	QB	26	6'1" 216	3	Wesley	DEV
3	Tom Savage	QB	—	6'4" 230	5	Pittsburgh	CUT
8	Josh Johnson	QB	33	6'3" 219	11	San Diego	CUT
8	Luis Perez	QB	—	6'3" 218	1	Texas A&M-Commerce	CUT
9	Matthew Stafford	QB	31	6'3" 220	10	Georgia	RES
10	David Blough	QB	24	6'1" 200	R	Purdue	ACT

Backs & receivers30

Backs & receivers
#	Player	Pos	Age	Ht/Wt	Exp	College	St
1	Jonathan Duhart	WR	23	6'3" 210	R	Old Dominion	DEV
11	Marvin Jones	WR	29	6'2" 198	7	California	RES
12	James Williams	RB	—	5'11" 195	R	Washington State	CUT
13	Victor Bolden	WR	24	5'8" 178	2	Oregon State	DEV
13	Jordan Lasley	WR	—	6'1" 213	1	UCLA	CUT
14	Tommylee Lewis	WR	28	5'7" 168	3	Northern Illinois	CUT
14	Travis Fulgham	WR	25	6'2" 215	R	Old Dominion	ACT
15	Chris Lacy	WR	23	6'3" 205	1	Oklahoma State	ACT
16	Deontez Alexander	WR	—	6'3" 196	1	Franklin	CUT
17	Marvin Hall	WR	26	5'10" 190	3	Washington	RES
18	Jermaine Kearse	WR	29	6'1" 209	7	Washington	RES
19	Kenny Golladay	WR	27	6'4" 213	2	Northern Illinois	ACT
25	Justin Stockton	RB	—	5'10" 192	1	Texas Tech	CUT
26	C.J. Anderson	RB	28	5'8" 225	6	California	CUT
31	Ty Johnson	RB	23	5'10" 210	R	Maryland	ACT
33	Kerryon Johnson	RB	22	5'11" 212	1	Auburn	ACT
34	Tra Carson	RB	28	5'11" 228	3	Texas A&M	CUT
36	Wes Hills	RB	24	6'2" 218	R	Slippery Rock	INA
41	J.D. McKissic	RB	26	5'10" 195	3	Arkansas State	ACT
42	Nick Brossette	RB	23	6'0" 221	R	LSU	CUT
43	Bo Scarbrough	RB	24	6'1" 235	1	Alabama	ACT
46	Nick Bawden	RB	23	6'2" 245	1	San Diego State	RES
80	Danny Amendola	WR	35	5'11" 185	11	Texas Tech	ACT
82	Logan Thomas	TE	28	6'6" 250	5	Virginia Tech	ACT
83	Jesse James	TE	25	6'7" 250	4	Penn State	ACT
85	Tom Kennedy	WR	23	5'11" 190	R	Bryant	DEV
87	Austin Traylor	TE	—	6'3" 255	3	Wisconsin	CUT
88	Cole Herdman	TE	24	6'4" 245	R	Purdue	CUT
88	T.J. Hockenson	TE	22	6'5" 247	R	Iowa	RES
89	Isaac Nauta	TE	22	6'3" 246	R	Georgia	ACT

Offensive line15

Offensive line
#	Player	Pos	Age	Ht/Wt	Exp	College	St
60	Graham Glasgow	OL	27	6'6" 310	3	Michigan	ACT
63	Beau Benzschawel	OL	25	6'6" 300	R	Wisconsin	ACT
65	Tyrell Crosby	OL	25	6'4" 310	1	Oregon	ACT
66	Joe Dahl	OL	26	6'4" 310	3	Washington State	RES
67	Matt Nelson	OL	25	6'8" 295	R	Iowa	DEV
68	Taylor Decker	OL	26	6'7" 318	3	Ohio State	ACT
70	Dan Skipper	OL	26	6'9" 325	2	Arkansas	ACT
71	Rick Wagner	OL	31	6'6" 315	6	Wisconsin	INA
72	Luke Bowanko	OL	—	6'6" 300	5	Virginia	CUT
73	Micah St. Andrew	OL	—	6'3" 348	R	Fresno State	CUT
74	Caleb Benenoch	OL	25	6'5" 305	3	UCLA	INA
76	Oday Aboushi	OL	28	6'5" 315	6	Virginia	ACT
76	Casey Tucker	OL	25	6'6" 315	R	Arizona State	DEV
77	Frank Ragnow	OL	23	6'5" 311	1	Arkansas	ACT
79	Kenny Wiggins	OL	31	6'6" 315	8	Fresno State	RES

Defensive front27

Defensive front
#	Player	Pos	Age	Ht/Wt	Exp	College	St
40	Jarrad Davis	LB	26	6'1" 245	2	Florida	RES
42	Devon Kennard	LB	28	6'3" 256	5	Southern California	ACT
44	Jalen Reeves-Maybin	LB	24	6'0" 233	2	Tennessee	ACT
44	Christian Sam	LB	23	6'2" 240	1	Arizona State	DEV
51	Jahlani Tavai	LB	24	6'2" 250	R	Hawaii	RES
52	Christian Jones	LB	28	6'3" 250	5	Florida State	RES
53	Jason Cabinda	LB	23	6'1" 235	1	Penn State	ACT
54	Steve Longa	LB	26	6'0" 240	3	Rutgers	ACT
57	Anthony Pittman	LB	24	6'3" 240	R	Wayne State, Mich.	ACT
58	Garret Dooley	LB	—	6'2" 248	1	Wisconsin	CUT
59	Tre Lamar	LB	23	6'3" 253	R	Clemson	CUT
61	Jamie Meder	DL	28	6'2" 308	5	Ashland	ACT
61	Ray Smith	DL	22	6'1" 302	R	Boston College	CUT
64	Fred Jones	DL	—	6'2" 304	R	Florida State	CUT
67	Olive Sagapolu	DL	22	6'2" 324	R	Wisconsin	DEV
69	Jonathan Wynn	DL	26	6'4" 260	1	Vanderbilt	INA
75	Frank Herron	DL	25	6'4" 305	1	Louisiana State	ACT
90	Trey Flowers	DL	26	6'2" 265	4	Arkansas	ACT
91	A'Shawn Robinson	DL	24	6'4" 330	3	Alabama	INA
92	Kevin Strong	DL	23	6'4" 285	R	Texas-San Antonio	RES
93	Da'Shawn Hand	DL	25	6'3" 297	1	Alabama	RES
94	Austin Bryant	DL	24	6'6" 261	R	Clemson	ACT
95	Romeo Okwara	DL	24	6'4" 263	3	Notre Dame	ACT
96	Mike Daniels	DL	30	6'0" 310	7	Iowa	RES
97	Darius Kilgo	DL	29	6'3" 320	4	Maryland	RES
98	Damon Harrison	DL	32	6'3" 350	7	William Penn	ACT
99	John Atkins	DL	28	6'3" 320	1	Georgia	ACT

Secondary17

Secondary
#	Player	Pos	Age	Ht/Wt	Exp	College	St
21	Jamar Summers	DB	—	6'0" 190	1	Connecticut	CUT
21	Tracy Walker	DB	24	6'1" 210	1	Louisiana-Lafayette	ACT
23	Darius Slay	DB	28	6'0" 190	6	Mississippi State	ACT
24	Amani Oruwariye	DB	23	6'2" 203	R	Penn State	ACT
25	Will Harris	DB	25	6'1" 207	R	Boston College	ACT
27	Justin Coleman	DB	26	5'11" 190	4	Tennessee	ACT
28	Mike Jackson	DB	22	6'1" 210	R	Miami	INA
29	Rashaan Melvin	DB	31	6'2" 196	6	Northern Illinois	ACT
30	Dee Virgin	DB	27	5'9" 195	2	West Alabama	INA
32	Tavon Wilson	DB	29	6'0" 208	7	Illinois	ACT
33	Tarvarus McFadden	DB	—	6'2" 205	1	Florida State	CUT
35	Miles Killebrew	DB	26	6'2" 222	3	Southern Utah	ACT
38	Mike Ford	DB	24	6'0" 196	1	Southeast Missouri	ACT
39	Jamal Agnew	DB	24	5'10" 190	2	San Diego	ACT
39	A.J. Howard	DB	25	5'11" 203	1	Appalachian State	DEV
41	Johnathan Alston	DB	—	6'1" 206	1	North Carolina State	CUT
49	C.J. Moore	DB	25	5'11" 195	R	Mississippi	ACT

Specialists5

Specialists
#	Player	Pos	Age	Ht/Wt	Exp	College	St
4	Matt Wile	P	27	6'2" 225	4	Michigan	CUT
5	Matt Prater	K	35	5'10" 201	13	Central Florida	ACT
6	Sam Martin	P	29	6'1" 211	6	Appalachian State	ACT
6	Jack Fox	P	24	6'2" 224	R	Rice	DEV
48	Don Muhlbach	LS	38	6'4" 258	15	Texas A&M	ACT

Schedule

16 games

Detroit Lions schedule
Wk	Opponent	Result	Spread	EPA/play
1	@ Cardinals	T 27-27	-2.5	+0.021
2	vs Chargers	W 13-10	+1	-0.003
3	@ Eagles	W 27-24	+4	+0.058
4	vs Chiefs	L 30-34	+7.5	-0.105
6	@ Packers	L 22-23	+3.5	-0.003
7	vs Vikings	L 30-42	+2.5	+0.172
8	vs Giants	W 31-26	-6.5	+0.054
9	@ Raiders	L 24-31	+2.5	+0.151
10	@ Bears	L 13-20	+6	-0.154
11	vs Cowboys	L 27-35	+7.5	+0.059
12	@ Commanders	L 16-19	-4	-0.104
13	vs Bears	L 20-24	+5.5	-0.010
14	@ Vikings	L 7-20	+12	-0.190
15	vs Buccaneers	L 17-38	+5.5	-0.354
16	@ Broncos	L 17-27	+9.5	-0.082
17	vs Packers	L 20-23	+13.5	-0.126