NFC North · 2022

Detroit Lions

Record

9-8

Net EPA

+0.054est.

Efficiency

How this team plays

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

Offence

Higher is better.

EPA / play+0.073
Success rate45.7%
EPA / dropback+0.173
EPA / rush-0.070
Explosive rate9.5%
CPOE-1.27
Third-down rate41.5%
Red-zone TD rate64.6%
Points / drive2.36
Turnover rate1.2%

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Defence

Oriented so that further right is always better.

EPA / play allowed+0.084
Success rate allowed47.2%
EPA / dropback allowed+0.124
EPA / rush allowed+0.021
Explosive rate allowed9.9%
Pressure rate (proxy)20.2%
Sack rate5.7%
Points / drive allowed2.30

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Offensive EPA / play — league shape+0.073 · 83th %ile

Defensive EPA / play allowed — league shape (left is better)+0.084 · 95th %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

12-5

+3.9 vs line

Home

7-2

Away

5-3

As favorite

3-2

As dog

9-3

O/U

9-7-1

+2.7 vs total

Roster

86 players

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

Quarterbacks3

Quarterbacks
#	Player	Pos	Age	Ht/Wt	Exp	College	St
10	Nate Sudfeld	QB	30	6'6" 227	6	Indiana	ACT
16	Jared Goff	QB	29	6'4" 223	6	California	ACT
19	Steven Montez	QB	25	6'5" 230	2	Colorado	DEV

Backs & receivers23

Backs & receivers
#	Player	Pos	Age	Ht/Wt	Exp	College	St
4	D.J. Chark	WR	27	6'4" 198	4	Louisiana State	ACT
8	Josh Reynolds	WR	27	6'3" 196	5	Texas A&M	ACT
9	Jameson Williams	WR	21	6'1" 189	R	Alabama	ACT
11	Kalif Raymond	WR	28	5'8" 182	6	Holy Cross	ACT
13	Brandon Zylstra	WR	29	6'2" 215	4	Concordia, Minn	DEV
14	Amon-Ra St. Brown	WR	24	6'0" 195	1	Southern California	ACT
15	Maurice Alexander	WR	25	5'11" 180	2	Florida International	DEV
19	Trinity Benson	WR	25	6'0" 180	3	East Central	RES
28	Jermar Jefferson	RB	22	5'10" 209	1	Oregon State	INA
29	Greg Bell	RB	24	6'0" 200	R	San Diego State	RES
30	Jamaal Williams	RB	27	6'0" 213	5	Brigham Young	ACT
32	D'Andre Swift	RB	23	5'9" 211	2	Georgia	ACT
42	Justin Jackson	RB	26	6'0" 200	4	Northwestern	ACT
45	Jason Cabinda	RB	26	6'1" 235	4	Penn State	ACT
46	Craig Reynolds	RB	26	5'11" 215	3	Kutztown	INA
82	James Mitchell	TE	23	6'4" 255	R	Virginia Tech	ACT
83	Stanley Berryhill	WR	24	5'11" 190	R	Arizona	DEV
84	Shane Zylstra	TE	27	6'4" 215	1	Minn. State-Mankato	ACT
85	Tom Kennedy	WR	26	5'10" 194	3	Bryant	DEV
86	Garrett Griffin	TE	28	6'4" 240	6	Air Force	DEV
87	Quintez Cephus	WR	24	6'1" 205	2	Wisconsin	RES
89	Brock Wright	TE	25	6'5" 255	1	Notre Dame	ACT
—	Corey Sutton	WR	—	6'2" 195	R	Appalachian State	RET

Offensive line16

Offensive line
#	Player	Pos	Age	Ht/Wt	Exp	College	St
58	Penei Sewell	OL	23	6'5" 325	1	Oregon	ACT
63	Evan Brown	OL	27	6'3" 302	4	Southern Methodist	ACT
65	Obinna Eze	OL	24	6'8" 315	R	Texas Christian	DEV
66	Ross Pierschbacher	OL	27	6'4" 315	3	Alabama	INA
66	Darrin Paulo	OL	25	6'3" 315	2	Utah	DEV
67	Matt Nelson	OL	28	6'7" 299	3	Iowa	ACT
67	Jarrid Williams	OL	25	6'6" 308	R	Miami	DEV
68	Taylor Decker	OL	29	6'7" 318	6	Ohio State	ACT
70	Dan Skipper	OL	29	6'9" 325	5	Arkansas	ACT
71	Logan Stenberg	OL	25	6'6" 320	2	Kentucky	ACT
72	Halapoulivaati Vaitai	OL	29	6'6" 320	6	Texas Christian	RES
73	Jonah Jackson	OL	25	6'4" 305	2	Ohio State	ACT
74	Kayode Awosika	OL	25	6'3" 315	1	Buffalo	INA
77	Frank Ragnow	OL	26	6'5" 311	4	Arkansas	ACT
78	Tommy Kraemer	OL	24	6'6" 319	1	Notre Dame	RES
—	Zein Obeid	OL	—	— 0	R	Ferris State	RET

Defensive front22

Defensive front
#	Player	Pos	Age	Ht/Wt	Exp	College	St
2	Austin Bryant	LB	27	6'5" 261	3	Clemson	INA
34	Alex Anzalone	LB	29	6'3" 240	5	Florida	ACT
44	Malcolm Rodriguez	LB	23	5'11" 225	R	Oklahoma State	ACT
49	Julian Stanford	LB	33	6'1" 230	10	Wagner	DEV
49	Chris Board	LB	27	6'2" 230	4	North Dakota State	ACT
51	Josh Woods	LB	26	6'1" 236	4	Maryland	ACT
52	Demetrius Taylor	DL	23	6'1" 295	R	Appalachian State	DEV
53	Charles Harris	LB	27	6'3" 250	5	Missouri	RES
54	Alim McNeill	DL	22	6'2" 315	1	North Carolina State	ACT
55	Derrick Barnes	LB	23	6'0" 245	1	Purdue	ACT
57	Anthony Pittman	LB	27	6'3" 240	3	Wayne State, Mich.	ACT
59	James Houston	LB	25	6'1" 225	R	Jackson State	ACT
79	John Cominsky	DL	28	6'5" 285	3	Charleston, W. Va.	ACT
90	Michael Brockers	DL	33	6'5" 305	10	Louisiana State	INA
91	Levi Onwuzurike	DL	24	6'3" 293	1	Washington	RES
93	Josh Paschal	DL	24	6'3" 278	R	Kentucky	ACT
94	Benito Jones	DL	26	6'1" 329	2	Mississippi	ACT
95	Romeo Okwara	LB	27	6'4" 263	6	Notre Dame	ACT
96	Isaiah Buggs	DL	26	6'3" 295	3	Alabama	ACT
97	Aidan Hutchinson	DL	22	6'7" 265	R	Michigan	ACT
98	John Penisini	DL	25	6'2" 333	2	Utah	RET
99	Julian Okwara	LB	26	6'4" 241	2	Notre Dame	RES

Secondary18

Secondary
#	Player	Pos	Age	Ht/Wt	Exp	College	St
1	Jeff Okudah	DB	23	6'1" 200	2	Ohio State	INA
5	DeShon Elliott	DB	25	6'1" 210	4	Texas	ACT
21	Tracy Walker	DB	27	6'1" 210	4	Louisiana-Lafayette	RES
23	Mike Hughes	DB	25	5'10" 191	4	Central Florida	ACT
24	Amani Oruwariye	DB	26	6'2" 203	3	Penn State	ACT
25	Will Harris	DB	28	6'1" 207	3	Boston College	ACT
26	Ifeatu Melifonwu	DB	23	6'3" 213	1	Syracuse	ACT
27	Bobby Price	DB	24	6'3" 205	2	Norfolk State	RES
29	Saivion Smith	DB	26	6'1" 200	3	Alabama	DEV
31	Khalil Dorsey	DB	24	5'9" 170	2	Northern Arizona	DEV
31	Kerby Joseph	DB	23	6'1" 200	R	Illinois	ACT
33	Jarren Williams	DB	25	5'11" 187	2	Albany, N.Y.	ACT
35	Brady Breeze	DB	26	6'0" 200	1	Oregon	DEV
36	Chase Lucas	DB	25	5'11" 176	R	Arizona State	RES
38	C.J. Moore	DB	28	5'11" 195	3	Mississippi	ACT
39	Jerry Jacobs	DB	26	5'11" 198	1	Arkansas	ACT
41	A.J. Parker	DB	24	5'11" 178	1	Kansas State	DEV
—	Jermaine Waller	DB	—	6'1" 180	R	Virginia Tech	RET

Specialists4

Specialists
#	Player	Pos	Age	Ht/Wt	Exp	College	St
3	Jack Fox	P	27	6'2" 224	3	Rice	ACT
17	Michael Badgley	K	27	5'10" 183	4	Miami	ACT
18	Sam Ficken	K	31	6'1" 192	6	Penn State	DEV
47	Scott Daly	LS	28	6'1" 250	4	Notre Dame	ACT

Schedule

17 games

Detroit Lions schedule
Wk	Opponent	Result	Spread	EPA/play
1	vs Eagles	L 35-38	+6	+0.130
2	vs Commanders	W 36-27	+1	+0.059
3	@ Vikings	L 24-28	+6.5	+0.061
4	vs Seahawks	L 45-48	-3	+0.186
5	@ Patriots	L 0-29	+3	-0.406
7	@ Cowboys	L 6-24	+7	-0.314
8	vs Dolphins	L 27-31	+3.5	+0.189
9	vs Packers	W 15-9	+4	-0.106
10	@ Bears	W 31-30	+3	+0.188
11	@ Giants	W 31-18	+3	+0.118
12	vs Bills	L 25-28	+10	+0.073
13	vs Jaguars	W 40-14	-1	+0.274
14	vs Vikings	W 34-23	-2.5	+0.182
15	@ Jets	W 20-17	+2	+0.016
16	@ Panthers	L 23-37	-2.5	+0.143
17	vs Bears	W 41-10	-4.5	+0.254
18	@ Packers	W 20-16	+5.5	+0.109