NFL team

Detroit Lions

Data: ESPN · observed Oct 30, 11:50 PM ET

Coach and tendencies

Head coach: Dan Campbell · 6 seasons as a head coach · Coach source

Sample: 5 games · season 2026.

Observed team tendencies · 2026
Metric	Value	League rank	Games
Fourth-down attempts per game	2.6	rank 2 of 32	5
Fourth-down conversion rate	61.5 %	rank 14 of 32	5
Red-zone trips per game	4.4	rank 2 of 32	5
Pass attempt share (pass attempts + rushes)	58.6 %	rank 12 of 32	5
Rush share (pass attempts + rushes)	41.4 %	rank 21 of 32	5
Time of possession per game	28.9 min	rank 24 of 32	5
Turnovers per game	0.4	rank 30 of 32	5

Statistics sources: Box score 1 · Box score 2 · Box score 3 · Box score 4 · Box score 5

Model rating

1.9 · 6 games observed. Season scoring-margin rating, pulled toward the league average; no injury adjustment.

Schedule and results

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Sep 13 · vs New Orleans Saints · W 31–30
Sep 17 · at Buffalo Bills · L 31–41
Sep 27 · vs New York Jets · W 31–24
Oct 4 · at Carolina Panthers · L 26–32
Oct 11 · at Arizona Cardinals · W 45–21
Oct 25 · vs Green Bay Packers · W 20–17
Nov 1 · vs Minnesota Vikings · 11/1 - 1:00 PM EST

Fantasy outlook · Week 8

PPR projections · observed Oct 31, 1:54 AM ET. Rankings and other scoring formats.

Jared Goff

DET · QB · Rank 12 · Tier 2

17.6 PPR points · floor 12.2 · ceiling 23

Why

Last 4 games, weighted to recent; balanced with the QB average · Detroit Lions expected to score 24.75 (ESPN line) · Minnesota Vikings allow 7.6 QB fantasy points a game (15% below average, adjusted for opponents faced)

Last 4 observed weeks · QB
Week	Comp	Att	Pass yds	Pass TD	Rush	Rush yds	Red-zone touches
7	22	32	303	2	2	-1	1
5	19	30	271	3	1	1	1
4	32	52	412	1	0	0	0
3	25	32	269	2	4	6	0

Jahmyr Gibbs

DET · RB · Rank 3 · Tier 1

16.7 PPR points · floor 6.9 · ceiling 26.5

Why

Last 4 games, weighted to recent; balanced with the RB average · Detroit Lions expected to score 24.75 (ESPN line) · Minnesota Vikings allow 16 RB fantasy points a game (14.5% below average, adjusted for opponents faced)

Last 4 observed weeks · RB
Week	Rush	Rush yds	Rush TD	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Red-zone touches
7	29	116	0	6	5	27	7
5	25	151	2	6	5	56	9
4	15	46	1	7	4	31	3
3	20	99	2	8	7	65	10

Sione Vaki

DET · RB · Rank 82 · Tier 7

3.5 PPR points · floor 2.1 · ceiling 4.9

Why

Last 4 observed weeks · RB
Week	Rush	Rush yds	Targets	Rec	Rec yds
7	1	5	0	0	0
5	6	11	0	0	0
4	0	0	2	1	17
3	6	26	1	1	11

Jacob Saylors

DET · RB · Rank 85 · Tier 7

3.1 PPR points · floor 3.1 · ceiling 3.1

Why

Last 4 observed weeks · RB
Week	Rush	Rush yds	Rush TD	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Red-zone touches
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Jameson Williams

DET · WR · Rank 9 · Tier 2

13.7 PPR points · floor 6.1 · ceiling 21.3

Why

Last 4 games, weighted to recent; balanced with the WR average · Detroit Lions expected to score 24.75 (ESPN line) · Minnesota Vikings allow 25.3 WR fantasy points a game (11.4% below average, adjusted for opponents faced)

Last 4 observed weeks · WR
Week	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Air yds	Target share	Red-zone touches
7	9	5	91	2	89	29%	2
5	4	2	47	2	118	13.8%	1
4	8	6	102	0	136	15.7%	1
3	4	4	49	0	48	12.9%	0

Amon-Ra St. Brown

DET · WR · Rank 13 · Tier 3

12.9 PPR points · floor 3.7 · ceiling 22.1

Why

Last 4 observed weeks · WR
Week	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Air yds	Target share	Red-zone touches
7	11	9	153	0	139	35.5%	0
5	11	6	69	0	92	37.9%	2
4	11	8	75	0	98	21.6%	1
3	8	4	19	1	57	25.8%	3

Isaac TeSlaa

DET · WR · Rank 86 · Tier 6

5 PPR points · floor 0 · ceiling 10.4

Why

Last 4 observed weeks · WR
Week	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Air yds	Target share	Red-zone touches
7	2	1	10	17	6.5%	0
5	2	0	0	25	6.9%	0
4	8	4	95	107	15.7%	0
3	3	3	66	27	9.7%	1

DeAndre Carter

DET · WR · Rank 87 · Tier 6

4.9 PPR points

Why

Last 1 games, weighted to recent; balanced with the WR average · Detroit Lions expected to score 24.75 (ESPN line) · Minnesota Vikings allow 25.3 WR fantasy points a game (11.4% below average, adjusted for opponents faced)

Last 1 observed week · WR
Week	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Air yds	Target share	Red-zone touches
7	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0

Tay Martin

DET · WR · Rank 134 · Tier 7

2.8 PPR points · floor 2.8 · ceiling 2.8

Why

Last 4 observed weeks · WR
Week	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Air yds	Target share	Red-zone touches
5	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0
4	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0
2	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0

Tom Kennedy

DET · WR · Rank 209 · Tier 9

0 PPR points · floor 0 · ceiling 0

Injured reserve

Why

Injured reserve · projection zero · Last 4 games, weighted to recent; balanced with the WR average · Detroit Lions expected to score 24.75 (ESPN line) · Minnesota Vikings allow 25.3 WR fantasy points a game (11.4% below average, adjusted for opponents faced)

Last 4 observed weeks · WR
Week	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Air yds	Target share	Red-zone touches
5	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0
4	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0
3	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0
2	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0

Sam LaPorta

DET · TE · Rank 14 · Tier 4

8.1 PPR points · floor 0.9 · ceiling 15.3

Why

Last 4 games, weighted to recent; balanced with the TE average · Detroit Lions expected to score 24.75 (ESPN line) · Minnesota Vikings allow 6.9 TE fantasy points a game (15% below average, adjusted for opponents faced)

Last 4 observed weeks · TE
Week	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Air yds	Target share	Red-zone touches
7	2	1	18	0	11	6.5%	0
5	5	5	88	1	44	17.2%	0
4	13	8	84	1	119	25.5%	2
3	4	3	44	0	39	12.9%	0

Jackson Meeks

DET · TE · Rank 49 · Tier 5

4.3 PPR points

Why

Last 1 games, weighted to recent; balanced with the TE average · Detroit Lions expected to score 24.75 (ESPN line) · Minnesota Vikings allow 6.9 TE fantasy points a game (15% below average, adjusted for opponents faced)

Last 1 observed week · TE
Week	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Air yds	Target share	Red-zone touches
3	1	1	8	0	5	3.2%	0

Tyler Conklin

DET · TE · Rank 54 · Tier 5

4 PPR points

Why

Last 1 observed week · TE
Week	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Air yds	Target share	Red-zone touches
7	1	1	4	0	4	3.2%	0

Brock Wright

DET · TE · Rank 67 · Tier 6

3.2 PPR points · floor 2.3 · ceiling 4.1

Why

Last 4 observed weeks · TE
Week	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Air yds	Target share
5	1	1	11	6	3.4%
4	2	1	8	9	3.9%
3	2	2	7	4	6.5%
2	0	0	0	0	0%

Jake Bates

DET · K · Rank 9 · Tier 2

9.1 PPR points · floor 5.1 · ceiling 13.1

Why

Last 4 games, weighted to recent; balanced with the K average · Detroit Lions expected to score 24.75 (ESPN line) · Minnesota Vikings allow 5.8 K fantasy points a game (15% below average, adjusted for opponents faced)

Last 4 observed weeks · K
Week	FG made	FG att	XP made
7	2	2	2
5	1	1	6
4	4	4	2
3	1	1	4

DET defense / special teams

DET · DST · Rank 13 · Tier 3

6.1 PPR points · floor 1.4 · ceiling 10.8

Why

Last 4 games, weighted to recent; balanced with the DST average · Minnesota Vikings allow 6 DST fantasy points a game (7% above average, adjusted for opponents faced) · Minnesota Vikings expected to score 21.75 (ESPN line)

Last 4 observed weeks · DST
Week	Pts allowed	Sacks	Takeaways
7	17	1	1
5	21	5	1
4	32	3	0
3	24	5	1

Weekly data: nflverse contributors · CC BY 4.0. Weekly statistics normalized and transformed into projections.

Current injuries

Roger McCreary (CB) · Questionable · Foot · Oct 30
Kerby Joseph (S) · Out · Knee · Oct 30
Isiah Pacheco (RB) · Injured Reserve · Back · Oct 30
Ben Bartch (G) · Injured Reserve · Foot · Oct 17
Devin White (LB) · Injured Reserve · Forearm · Oct 16

Injury report observed Oct 31, 3:30 AM ET.

Players to watch

Jared Goff · DET: Passing Yards: 150/223, 1,788 YDS, 14 TD · season
Jahmyr Gibbs · DET: Rushing Yards: 134 CAR, 620 YDS, 7 TD · season
Amon-Ra St. Brown · DET: Receiving Yards: 46 REC, 525 YDS, 5 TD · season
DJ Wonnum · DET: Sacks: 5 · season
Jack Campbell · DET: Tackles: 54 · season

Source

Method

Only observed fields are shown. Team box scores do not isolate red-zone touchdowns or offense-only points per drive; current injury reports and outdoor forecasts cover only supported leagues and venues.

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