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

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NEW ORLEANS SAINTS
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DETROIT LIONS
100 0 100 44 55 VERDICT GRIDEDGE™ SCORES
DET's offense (7th in rushing) draws NO's #9 rush defense. DET rates the 11-point edge.
Using 2026 season-end stats until 2026 has enough games played.

Rushing Matchup

Offense (Yds/Att) vs. Defense (Yds/Att Allowed)
Off
NO #30  |  DET #20
Def
Def
NO #16  |  DET #10
Off

Passing Matchup

Offense (Net Yds/Att) vs. Defense (Net Yds/Att Allowed)
Off
NO #22  |  DET #24
Def
Def
NO #18  |  DET #6
Off

O-Line Proxy (Free-Data)

O-Line Score (Rush Y/A + Net Pass Y/A rank blend)
NO 25  |  DET 78

Last 3 Meetings

2023-12-03
DET 33–NO 28
2020-10-04
NO 35–DET 29
2017-10-15
DET 38–NO 52
DET −7.0  ·  O/U 49.5  ·  NO +7.0
Placeholder — free nflverse closing line, not a live sportsbook feed. Must be 21+ to bet where legal.
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.