Sun, Oct 8, 2023, 1:00 PM EDTWeek 5 · at Detroit Lions
Closing spread
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Total
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Model before kickoff
CAR 17–34 DET
✓ DET (94%) won
Market
Open → close
Spread
Open—
no open
Close—
Opening line not available
Total
Open—
no open
Close—
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.
Last 10 games
Before kickoff, this and last season
| Straight up | Spread | Over / under | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-4 0% | 0-0 — | 0-0 — | |
| 3-1 75% | 0-0 — | 0-0 — |
Recent meetings
The series
CAR 9–4 DET
CAR leads · 13 games since 1999 · CAR has won the last meeting
All-time series from nflverse.
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
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW4
Longer bar = better
#27
Offense
DET better ▶#10
#24
Defense
DET better ▶#8
−0.3 #21
Turnovers
Even−0.5 #22
68 plays #9
Pace
Even68 plays #8
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
| CAR off | DET def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| DET off | CAR def | Edge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3.3 #22 | 5.8 #19 | 9.0 #21 | 1.5 #30 | 6.3 #18 | 7.8 #23 | |
2.5 #8 | 4.3 #4 | 6.8 #3 | 5.3 #23 | 7.3 #21 | 12.5 #22 |
DET scoring against the CAR defense
| Q1 | Q2 | 1H | Q3 | Q4 | 2H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
7.8 #3 | 7.5 #14 | 15.3 #8 | 3.5 #18 | 7.8 #10 | 11.3 #14 | |
1.5 #3 | 6.5 #13 | 8.0 #7 | 8.5 #30 | 9.0 #25 | 17.5 #30 |
Game conditions
At kickoff
Home field
home-field points in the model
Weather
Indoors
Dome or closed roof
Rest
CAR7d
DET10d
DET +3 days
Tempo
Fast 136 plays
slowavg 127fast
Schedules, links & other games
Previous and next games, standings, ESPN, and the rest of the week

