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Week 4 · Sunday, 4 October 2026 · 8:20 PM ET

Detroit Lions at Carolina Panthers

Final. DET 26–32 CAR. The official gamebook is pending separately. Follow NFL scores

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Historical season profiles and statistical comparison

Where the profiles collide

Searched — none · no spectrum edge on file — neither club is top-8 against the other's bottom-8 on any paired axis; every axis was compared

Detroit Lions · 2025 record 9-8

Mixed: top-8 on 2, bottom-8 on 0 of 5 key categories.

  • #5Points scored481
  • #22Points allowed413
  • #5Sacksproxy · pressure rate48
  • #11QB hitsproxy · pressure rate102
  • #9Turnover margin+4

Carolina Panthers · 2025 record 8-9

Wrong end of the spectrum on 3 of 5 key categories (points scored, sacks, qb hits). The profile of a team that struggles.

  • #27Points scored311
  • #15Points allowed380
  • #30Sacksproxy · pressure rate30
  • #30QB hitsproxy · pressure rate58
  • #15Turnover margin-1

Profiles 2025 · Slate from nflverse games.csv. An edge is printed ONLY where one club sits top-8 and the other bottom-8 on a paired axis from last season's profile — a measured spectrum gap, not a prediction. No edge = no line. Scores fill from the same file as games are played.

Game week, injuries and availability

Availability · depth behind

This week · one displacement plan

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Availability · depth behind

This week · one displacement plan

Reading current report and chart evidence…

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Gameday reporting · DET at CAR

2026-10-04 · 20:20 ET. Practice DNP does not establish gameday OUT.

DET inactives: Awaiting official list; source checked. No scratches inferred. not_yet_available · Owner: DET gameday reporting Observed 2026-10-12T00:01:50.469Z

Next report: Publication date and time not sourced. not_yet_available · Owner: DET injury reporting

DET reporting evidence

official_list_not_observed · next_publication_time_not_sourced. Checked: 2026-10-12T00:01:50.469Z.

https://www.detroitlions.com/news/

https://www.detroitlions.com/team/injury-report/

https://www.detroitlions.com/news/inactives-lions-at-cardinals-williams-branch-mays

CAR inactives: Awaiting official list; source checked. No scratches inferred. not_yet_available · Owner: CAR gameday reporting Observed 2026-10-12T00:01:47.909Z

Next report: Publication date and time not sourced. not_yet_available · Owner: CAR injury reporting

CAR reporting evidence

official_list_not_observed · next_publication_time_not_sourced. Checked: 2026-10-12T00:01:47.909Z.

https://www.panthers.com/news/

https://www.panthers.com/team/injury-report/

Game week · DET at CAR

Final confirmed by ESPN scoreboard. The official gamebook is pending separately.

DET desk · CAR desk · All week 4 games

  1. Injury report — observed 2026-10-02DET 3 row(s) · CAR 12 row(s). Ben Bartch · 2026-10-02 · Practice: DNP · Game designation: OUT; D.J. Wonnum · 2026-10-02 · Practice: FP · Game designation: unreported; D.J. Reed · 2026-10-02 · Practice: LP · Game designation: QUESTIONABLE; Nick Scott · 2026-10-02 · Practice: FP · Game designation: unreported; Devin Lloyd · 2026-10-02 · Practice: FP · Game designation: unreported; Darren Waller · 2026-10-02 · Practice: FP · Game designation: unreported; Jalen Coker · 2026-10-02 · Practice: LP · Game designation: QUESTIONABLE; Xavier Legette · 2026-10-02 · Practice: DNP · Game designation: OUT; Damien Lewis · 2026-10-02 · Practice: DNP · Game designation: OUT; Princely Umanmielen · 2026-10-02 · Practice: FP · Game designation: unreported; Bryce Young · 2026-10-02 · Practice: FP · Game designation: unreported; Chuba Hubbard · 2026-10-02 · Practice: FP · Game designation: unreported; Monroe Freeling · 2026-10-02 · Practice: FP · Game designation: QUESTIONABLE; Lee Hunter · 2026-10-02 · Practice: LP · Game designation: QUESTIONABLE; Cam Jackson · 2026-10-02 · Practice: LP · Game designation: QUESTIONABLEsourced · 2026-10-02 · Club injury reports
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  2. Inactives — 90 minutes before kickAwaiting official inactive lists. Both club sources have been checked; no scratches are inferred.not_yet_available · 2026-10-04T18:50:00-04:00 · Gameday reporting
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  3. Kick — DET at CAR, 2026-10-04 20:20 ETFinal — DET 26 · CAR 32 (ESPN scoreboard). The official gamebook is pending separately.sourced · 2026-10-04T20:20:00-04:00 · League schedule
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  4. Official gamebook — the NFL Game Summary after the gamethe score is on the slate; the book itself has not landednot_yet_available · 2026-10-04 · Official game summaries
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  5. Review — confirmed resultFinal — DET 26 · CAR 32, confirmed by ESPN scoreboard. Official gamebook and further postgame analysis remain pending.sourced · 2026-11-05T06:07:00.349Z · Club review
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Review

DET 26 · CAR 32 — Final (ESPN scoreboard); official gamebook pending

ESPN scoreboard · 2026-11-05T06:07:00.349Z