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Detroit Lions D/ST
Detroit Lions · Defense/Special teams
Week 5 stats
Sun Oct 11, at ARI: Detroit Lions Defense allowed 21 points with 5 sacks and 1 takeaway.
Week 7 projection
Fantasy points
5.9
vs GB
Opponent implied total
25.2
the market’s view
A defense's own recent form is a fifth as informative as the market's view of its opponent: implied opponent total correlates -0.29 with next week’s points against +0.11 for trailing production. Defensive touchdowns reproduce at 0.02, so nothing here tries to predict one.
2026 game log
| Week | Sacks | Takeaways | Pts allowed | Def TD | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 7.0 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 2.0 |
| 3 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 7.0 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 41 | 0 | -2.0 |
| 1 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 0 | 10.0 |
Detroit Lions D/ST 2026 stats
The Detroit Lions defense is allowing 29.6 points a game in 2026, with 20 sacks and 5 takeaways over 5 games.
Points allowed
29.6
per game
Sacks
20
4.0 a game
Takeaways
5
1.0 a game
Fantasy points
4.8
per game
Detroit Lions D/ST 2025 stats
In 2025 the Detroit Lions defense allowed 24.3 points a game, with 49 sacks and 19 takeaways over 17 games.
Career by season
| Season | Games | Sacks/ | Takeaways/ | Pts allowed | Def TD | Pts/ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 so far | 5 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 29.6 | 0 | 4.8 |
| 2025 | 17 | 2.9 | 1.1 | 24.3 | 1 | 5.6 |
| 2024 | 17 | 2.2 | 1.4 | 20.1 | 2 | 7.1 |
| 2023 | 17 | 2.4 | 1.4 | 23.2 | 1 | 5.9 |
| 2022 | 17 | 2.3 | 1.2 | 25.1 | 2 | 5.3 |
| 2021 | 17 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 27.5 | 0 | 3.4 |
| 2020 | 16 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 32.4 | 1 | 1.8 |
| 2019 | 16 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 26.4 | 3 | 4.7 |
| 2018 | 16 | 2.7 | 0.8 | 22.5 | 2 | 5.9 |
| 2017 | 16 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 23.5 | 7 | 9.2 |
| 2016 | 16 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 22.4 | 3 | 5.2 |