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Week 1 · 2026 regular season

New Orleans Saints at Detroit Lions

Sun, Sep 13, 10:00 AM PT

Final Detroit Lions won
How the forecasts did
ESF
(pre-game win probability)
NO 39%
61% DET

Right: DET won

No betting line was collected for this game; lines start with week 3 of 2026.

After the game

CAP win pct, before and after

Each team's CAP win pct before this game and after it. League average is 0.50; higher is better.

NO · lost
0.32
0.40 before → 0.32 after (−0.08).
DET · won
0.62
0.53 before → 0.62 after (+0.08).
This game

How each offense played

Box score and CAP yards per attempt for each offense. Higher is better for an offense; a CAP value above zero means the offense beat what the situation and this defense would predict.

OffensePlaysBox score
yds/att
CAP
yds/att
CAP
−2 to +2
NOPass567.3+0.02
NORush253.6−1.21
DETPass395.3−1.40
DETRush335.0+1.68

Sacks (raw counts):NO sacked 5 times · DET sacked 1 time. Sacks are counted, not CAP-modeled.

Box score yards per attempt count yards as an official box score does: rushing includes scrambles and kneel-downs; passing is gross yards per pass attempt, sacks excluded. CAP yards per attempt measure each play against what the down, distance, field position and this specific defense would predict; above zero means the offense beat that expectation.

Before the game

Unit matchups · entering week 1

Where each side has the edge

Each offense against the defense it faces, in CAP yards per attempt. Offense: higher is better. Defense (yards allowed): lower is better.

Pass: NO offense vs DET defense
−0.2117th
box score —
Even
+0.1519th
box score —
Rush: NO offense vs DET defense
−0.8530th
box score —
Edge
DET
+0.3724th
box score —
Pass: DET offense vs NO defense
+1.004th
box score —
Edge
DET
−0.1114th
box score —
Rush: DET offense vs NO defense
+0.506th
box score —
Edge
DET
−0.0312th
box score —

CAP yards per attempt: yards per play relative to what the down, distance, field position and the specific opponent would predict; offense positive is good, defense (allowed) negative is good. Box score: yards per attempt as an official box score counts them, entering week 1.

Week 1

Other games this week

Home team's chance to win before kickoff. Higher means the home team is more likely to win.

Dots: ESF model home win probability.

How to read this page

CAP win pct. A fading average of game scores with a half-life of 7 of the team's own games. A win scores 1 plus the opponent's win pct; a loss scores the opponent's win pct minus 1. Last season carries in. League average is 0.50; higher is better.

CAP yards per attempt. Yards per play relative to what the down, distance, field position and the specific opponent would predict. Offense: higher is better. Defense (yards allowed): lower is better.

Box score yards per attempt. Yards divided by attempts, counted the way an official box score counts them: rushing includes scrambles and kneel-downs; passing is gross yards per pass attempt, sacks excluded.

ESF win probability. A logistic regression on both teams' pre-game CAP win pct, with an intercept for home field.