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Week 2 · 2026 regular season

Detroit Lions at Buffalo Bills

Thu, Sep 17, 5:15 PM PT

Final Buffalo Bills won
How the forecasts did
ESF
(pre-game win probability)
DET 31%
69% BUF

Right: BUF 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.

DET · lost
0.54
0.62 before → 0.54 after (−0.08).
BUF · won
1.00
0.94 before → 1.00 after (+0.05).
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
DETPass388.6+2.27
DETRush203.3−2.09
BUFPass318.0+0.63
BUFRush365.6+1.21

Sacks (raw counts):DET sacked 4 times · BUF sacked 2 times. 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 2

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: DET offense vs BUF defense
+0.758th
box score 5.3 · 28th
Even
−0.436th
box score 7.2 allowed · 15th
Rush: DET offense vs BUF defense
+0.645th
box score 5.0 · 8th
Edge
DET
+0.6228th
box score 3.9 allowed · 11th
Pass: BUF offense vs DET defense
+1.371st
box score 11.5 · 2nd
Edge
BUF
+0.1820th
box score 7.3 allowed · 17th
Rush: BUF offense vs DET defense
+0.724th
box score 4.1 · 16th
Edge
BUF
+0.3624th
box score 3.6 allowed · 7th

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 2.

Week 2

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.