WEEK 16
DETROIT LIONS (7-7) @ CAROLINA PANTHERS (5-9)
DATE: Saturday (12/24/22)
SATDIUM: Bank of America Stadium
TIME: 1:00 PM ET
REFEREE: Shawn Hochuli
REGULAR-SEASON SERIES HISTORY
LEADER Panthers lead all-time series, 7-3
STREAKS Panthers have won 3 of past 4
LAST GAME 11/22/20: Lions 0 at Panthers 20
LAST GAME AT SITE 11/22/20
DETROIT LIONS
LAST WEEK W 20-17 at New York Jets
COACH VS. OPP. Dan Campbell: 0-0
PTS. FOR 26.4
OFFENSE 275.1
PASSING Jared Goff: 313-482-3,604-23-7-97.2
RUSHING Jamaal Williams: 217-839-3.9-14
RECEIVING Amon-Ra St. Brown: 89-974-10.9-6
PTS. AGAINST 26.0
DEFENSE 398.5
SACKS Aidan Hutchinson (R): 7
INTs Kerby Joseph (R): 3
TAKE/GIVE +4 (18/14)
PUNTING (NET) Jack Fox: 48.3 (40.7)
KICKING Michael Badgley: 69 (24/24 PAT; 15/18 FG)
LIONS NOTES
• QB JARED GOFF passed for 252 yards & TD vs. 0 INTs for 88.9 rating last week. Aims for his 5th in row with TD pass vs. 0 INTs. Needs 2 TD passes for 3rd-career season with 25+ TD passes. Has 25,020 pass yards in 97 career games & tied HOFers Peyton Manning & Kurt Warner for 3rd-fastest player to reach 25,000 pass yards in NFL history.
• RB JAMAAL WILLIAMS leads NFL with career-high 14 rush TDs in 2022. Has 4 rush TDs in his past 3 on road & has 50+ scrimmage yards in 5 of his 6 road games in 2022.
• RB D’ANDRE SWIFT had 5 catches & 75 scrimmage yards (52 rush, 23 rec.) last week. Has rush TD in 2 of his past 3 on road.
• WR AMON-RA ST. BROWN had 7 receptions for 76 yards last week. Has career-high 974 rec. yards in 2022. Is 1 of 4 (Chris Godwin, Tyreek Hill & Justin Jefferson) with 10+ games (10) of 6+ catches this season. Aims for his 7th in row with 6+ catches & 65+ rec. yards.
• WR KALIF RAYMOND had 5 catches for 53 yards & had 1st-career PR TD last week.
• TE BROCK WRIGHT had GW 51-yard rec. TD in Week 15, his 4th-career TD catch.
• DL AIDAN HUTCHINSON leads all rookies with 7 sacks.
• LB JAMES HOUSTON became 3rd rookie since 1982 (Santana Dotson & Terrell Suggs) with sack in each of his 1st 4 career games & 2nd rookie since 2000 (Elvis Dumervil) with 5+ sacks in his 1st 4 career games.
• DL ROMEO OKWARA had 3rd-career game with 2 sacks in Week 15.
• S KERBY JOSEPH is only rookie with 3+ INTs (3), 2+ FFs (2) & FR (1).
• S DESHON ELLIOTT has career-high 90 tackles in 2022 & has 5+ tackles in 12 of his 13 games this season. Aims for his 6th in row with 6+ tackles.
CAROLINA PANTHERS
LAST WEEK: L 24-16 vs. Pittsburgh
COACH VS. OPP. Steve Wilks: 0-1
PTS. FOR 19.7
OFFENSE 288.1
PASSING Sam Darnold: 39-66-509-3-0-98.6
RUSHING D’Onta Foreman: 157-646-4.1-4
RECEIVING DJ Moore: 51-678-13.3-5
PTS. AGAINST 22.4
DEFENSE 342.1
SACKS Brian Burns: 10.5
INTs Jaycee Horn: 3
TAKE/GIVE -2 (14/16)
PUNTING (NET) Johnny Hekker: 48.9 (44.3)
KICKING Eddy Pineiro: 106 (22/24 PAT; 28/30 FG)
PANTHERS NOTES
• QB SAM DARNOLD passed for 225 yards & TD vs. 0 INTs for 108.1 rating in Week 15. Has 100+ rating in 2 of his 3 starts this season & aims for his 4th in row with TD pass vs. 0 INTs. Completed 16 of 21 atts. (76.2 pct.) for 198 yards & 2 TDs vs. INT for 116.8 rating in his only career start vs. Det. (9/10/18 w/ NYJ).
• RB D’ONTA FOREMAN has career highs in rush yards (646) & rush TDs (4) in 2022. Has 110+ rush yards in 3 of his past 4 at home. Has 4 games with 100+ rush yards since Week 7, most in NFC.
• RB CHUBA HUBBARD had 67 scrimmage yards (career-high 57 rec., 10 rush) in Week 15. Aims for his 4th in row with 65+ scrimmage yards.
• WR DJ MOORE led team with 5 catches for 73 yards & had career-high 5th rec. TD of season last week. Has TD catch in 3 of his past 4 at home & aims for his 3rd in row at home with rec. TD. Has 51 catches in 2022, his 5th-straight 50-catch season since entering NFL in 2018. Aims for his 3rd in row vs. Det. with 7+ catches & 125+ rec. yards.
• DE BRIAN BURNS has career highs in sacks (10.5) & TFL (14) this season. Has sack in 5 of his past 6 at home & aims for his 7th in row at home with TFL. Had 2 sacks, TFL & PD in last meeting.
• LB FRANKIE LUVU had career-high 6th sack of season last week. Has career highs in tackles (86) & TFL (13) this season. Has sack in 4 of his past 5 & aims for his 3rd in row with sack.
• LB SHAQ THOMPSON had 12 tackles last week & has 110 tackles this season, his 4th-straight 100+ tackle season.
• S JEREMY CHINN led team with career-high 14 tackles in Week 15.
