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Detroit Lions @ Carolina Panthers Built from free public data (nflverse schedules + Pro-Football-Reference season stats) · not paid data

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DETROIT LIONS
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CAROLINA PANTHERS
100 0 100 71 59 VERDICT GRIDEDGE™ SCORES
DET's offense (7th in passing) draws CAR's #19 pass defense. DET rates the 12-point edge.
Using 2026 season-end stats until 2026 has enough games played.

Rushing Matchup

Offense (Yds/Att) vs. Defense (Yds/Att Allowed)
Off
DET #10  |  CAR #26
Def
Def
DET #20  |  CAR #16
Off

Passing Matchup

Offense (Net Yds/Att) vs. Defense (Net Yds/Att Allowed)
Off
DET #6  |  CAR #19
Def
Def
DET #24  |  CAR #20
Off

O-Line Proxy (Free-Data)

O-Line Score (Rush Y/A + Net Pass Y/A rank blend)
DET 75  |  CAR 48

Last 3 Meetings

2023-10-08
CAR 24–DET 42
2022-12-24
DET 23–CAR 37
2020-11-22
DET 0–CAR 20
DET −4.5  ·  O/U 52.5  ·  CAR +4.5 (Home Dog)
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Data sources: team schedules, results & closing spreads from the nflverse nfldata project; season splits and league ranks from Pro-Football-Reference — all free, no paid odds API required.
O-Line Score is a proxy: it blends each team's league rank in Rush Yds/Att and Net Pass Yds/Att, rescaled to 0–100. Offense Edge blends each team's rush + pass ranks against the opponent's matching defensive ranks into one 0–100 favorability score, where 50 is neutral.