The Detroit Lions wrapped up their preseason with a 26-17 win against the Carolina Panthers.
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Offensive spotlight: The Panthers played their starting offense for two drives, with 2023 first-overall pick Bryce Young leading the way at quarterback.
Young had his most productive game of the preseason — a positive sign heading into Week 1 — and went 7-of-12 for 73 yards and a touchdown through the air. Young also ran three times for 21 yards, showing off his ability to scramble and still come away with positive yardage.
Young’s go-to target during the two drives was veteran Adam Thielen, who was targeted five times and caught four passes for 48 yards and a touchdown.
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Defensive spotlight: James Houston didn’t play until Week 12 of last year, but he finished the year with eight sacks on fewer than 100 pass-rush attempts.
Houston’s impressive sack rate has continued this preseason — he posted eight pressures and a sack on 29 attempts through the first two preseason games, and he managed to add to that this week. Houston combined for a sack with Romeo Okwara on Bryce Young and then split another one in the fourth quarter.
Rookie spotlight: Lions first-round rookie linebacker Jack Campbell earned an 82.1 PFF grade heading into this game and got his first start of the preseason in Week 3.
Campbell played an every-down role for the Lions’ defense through the first two drives while Malcolm Rodriguez rotated off in sub-packages. This is a positive sign that the rookie is making his way up the depth chart heading into Week 1, and it may not be long before he’s playing a significant role for this Lions defense. Campbell finished with three total tackles on 14 snaps and was targeted once in coverage for a 7-yard gain that didn't move the chains.
Box Score
Passing
Detroit Lions |
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| Player | Fantasy | Comp/Att | Yds | YPA | TD | Int | Sacks | Rtg |
| Teddy Bridgewater | 11.4 | 13 / 22 | 178 | 8.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.2 |
| Adrian Martinez | 2.6 | 5 / 11 | 39 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 54.7 |
| Nate Sudfeld | 0.7 | 2 / 5 | 17 | 3.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49.6 |
Carolina Panthers |
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| Player | Fantasy | Comp/Att | Yds | YPA | TD | Int | Sacks | Rtg |
| Bryce Young | 9.0 | 7 / 12 | 73 | 6.1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 103.8 |
| Matt Corral | 4.8 | 4 / 12 | 52 | 4.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47.9 |
| Jake Luton | 2.0 | 6 / 12 | 74 | 6.2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 34.7 |
| Andy Dalton | 1.4 | 6 / 11 | 60 | 5.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 32.4 |
Rushing
Detroit Lions |
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| Player | Fantasy | Car | Yds | YPC | TD | Long | Fum Lost |
| Craig Reynolds | 11.6 | 11 | 41 | 3.7 | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| Teddy Bridgewater | 11.4 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Benny Snell Jr. | 2.6 | 5 | 26 | 5.2 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| Adrian Martinez | 2.6 | 5 | 10 | 2.0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Devine Ozigbo | 0.3 | 4 | 3 | 0.8 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Carolina Panthers |
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| Player | Fantasy | Car | Yds | YPC | TD | Long | Fum Lost |
| Spencer Brown | 13.0 | 13 | 51 | 3.9 | 1 | 9 | 0 |
| Bryce Young | 9.0 | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| Matt Corral | 4.8 | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| Camerun Peoples | 2.8 | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Raheem Blackshear | 2.3 | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Receiving
Detroit Lions |
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| Player | Fantasy | Tgt | Rec | Yds | YPT | YPR | TD |
| Antoine Green | 18.7 | 4 | 3 | 97 | 24.2 | 32.3 | 1 |
| Craig Reynolds | 11.6 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0 |
| Dylan Drummond | 9.6 | 6 | 5 | 46 | 7.7 | 9.2 | 0 |
| Chase Cota | 7.2 | 8 | 3 | 42 | 5.2 | 14.0 | 0 |
| Trinity Benson | 4.6 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 0 |
| Maurice Alexander | 3.1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 3.7 | 5.5 | 0 |
| James Mitchell | 1.7 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3.5 | 7.0 | 0 |
| Jason Moore | 1.6 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0 |
| Jason Cabinda | 1.4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0 |
| Devine Ozigbo | 0.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Darrell Daniels | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Daniel Helm | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Avery Davis | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 |
Carolina Panthers |
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| Player | Fantasy | Tgt | Rec | Yds | YPT | YPR | TD |
| Adam Thielen | 14.8 | 5 | 4 | 48 | 9.6 | 12.0 | 1 |
| Spencer Brown | 13.0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 0 |
| Gary Jennings | 9.2 | 9 | 4 | 52 | 5.8 | 13.0 | 0 |
| Giovanni Ricci | 8.0 | 4 | 3 | 50 | 12.5 | 16.7 | 0 |
| Tommy Tremble | 3.1 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 5.2 | 21.0 | 0 |
| Shi Smith | 2.9 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 1.8 | 4.5 | 0 |
| C.J. Saunders | 2.8 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 9.0 | 18.0 | 0 |
| Camerun Peoples | 2.8 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 0 |
| Jonathan Mingo | 2.4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7.0 | 14.0 | 0 |
| Raheem Blackshear | 2.3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0 |
| Ian Thomas | 2.3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 0 |
| Javon Wims | 1.7 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 1.8 | 7.0 | 0 |
| Derek Wright | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Josh Vann | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 |
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