Sun, Oct 8, 2023, 1:00 PM EDTWeek 5 · at Detroit Lions
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0-4 · Power #31
24
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3-1 · Power #6
42
▲ winner
Closing spread
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Total
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Model before kickoff
CAR 17–34 DET
✓ DET (94%) won
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Market

Open → close
Spread
Opening line not available
Total
 

Signals

The data signal, and 1 trend and market move behind it
No clear signal on the spread
No clear signal on the total

None of these signals has beaten the market in our backtest, so this describes why the matchup is interesting — it isn’t a pick.

Small sample warning
Carolina Panthers have 0 games with a line this season; trends this early are mostly noise.
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Matchup stats

Season to date before kickoff · ranks among 32 teams
Power rating this season
pts vs an average team · #rank · tap a dot
CAR−2.1 →−8.4▼ 6.3#31
DET+1.7 →+3.7▲ 2.0#9
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CAR
Longer bar = better
DET
#27
Offense
DET better ▶
#10
#24
Defense
DET better ▶
#8
−0.3 #21
Turnovers
Even
−0.5 #22
68 plays #9
Pace
Even
68 plays #8
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When CAR has the ball
Advantage: DET defense
CAR offDET defEdge
Points / game 16.8 #24 20.8 #13 DET
Yards / play 4.17 #30 4.54 #4 DET
EPA / play −0.15 #26 −0.11 #7 DET
Success rate 40% #26 41% #8 DET
When DET has the ball
Advantage: DET offense
DET offCAR defEdge
Points / game 26.5 #8 25.5 #25 DET
Yards / play 5.70 #8 5.28 #20 DET
EPA / play +0.04 #12 +0.02 #22 DET
Success rate 45% #12 49% #29 DET

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 32 teams
CAR scoring against the DET defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
CAR scored
3.3
#22
5.8
#19
9.0
#21
1.5
#30
6.3
#18
7.8
#23
DET allowed
2.5
#8
4.3
#4
6.8
#3
5.3
#23
7.3
#21
12.5
#22
DET scoring against the CAR defense
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DET scored
7.8
#3
7.5
#14
15.3
#8
3.5
#18
7.8
#10
11.3
#14
CAR allowed
1.5
#3
6.5
#13
8.0
#7
8.5
#30
9.0
#25
17.5
#30

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
DET +1.8
home-field points in the model
Weather
Indoors
Dome or closed roof
Rest
CAR7d
DET10d
DET +3 days
Tempo
Fast 136 plays
slowavg 127fast