The Detroit Lions are back on the road for their Week 4 primetime game against the Carolina Panthers. This is the first of two back-to-back away games for Detroit ahead of the Week 6 bye.
The Lions enter this contest off a 31-24 win at home over the New York Jets and are 2-1 to start the 2026 season. Carolina lost to the Cleveland Browns in Week 3, 21-18, on Sunday and look to get back in the win column after falling to 1-2 on the season.
Quarterback Jared Goff has had an impressive run early this season. He's thrown for 802 yards, eight touchdowns and zero interceptions over the first three weeks on 77-of-109 completed passes (70.6 completion percentage). Goff and the rest of Detroit's offense look to continue their success after scoring 31 points exactly in each contest so far this season.
On the other side of the ball, head coach Dan Campbell commended the Lions' defense on their improvement in Week 3 and wants to build upon that moving forward. Detroit came up with four sacks, three passes defended and one forced fumble and recovery that capped off the game at Ford Field.
"They're coming off of a loss and so, they're going to want to make that right at home. Big game for them," Campbell said of the Panthers on Wednesday. "We just got to stay true to what we are, what we know, discipline. We got to improve a little bit here this week. Every week you got to improve."
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View photos of the starters for the Carolina Panthers.
Head coach: Dave Canales
Offensive coordinator: Brad Idzik
Defensive coordinator: Ejiro Evero
Special teams coordinator: Tracy Smith
(AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
WR Tetairoa McMillan
Backed up by Brycen Tremayne
(AP Photo/Kirk Irwin)
WR Jalen Coker
(AP Photo/Danny Karnik)
LT Rasheed Walker
Backed up by Stone Forsythe and Albert Reese
(AP Photo/Danny Karnik)
LG Damien Lewis
(AP Photo/Danny Karnik)
C Luke Fortner
Backed up by Sam Hecht
(AP Photo/Danny Karnik)
RG Robert Hunt
Backed up by Corey Bullock
(AP Photo/Danny Karnik)
RT Monroe Freeling
Backed up by Stone Forsythe and Albert Reese
(AP Photo/Danny Karnik)
TE Tommy Tremble
Backed up by Mitchell Evans, Darren Waller, Ja'Tavion Sanders and Feleipe Franks
(AP Photo/Kirk Irwin)
WR Xavier Legette
Backed up by John Metchie III
(AP Photo/Danny Karnik)
QB Bryce Young
Backed up by Kenny Pickett and Haynes King
(AP Photo/Kirk Irwin)
RB Chuba Hubbard
Backed up by Jonathan Brooks and AJ Dillon
(AP Photo/Kirk Irwin)
DL Bobby Brown III
Backed up by TeRah Edwards
(AP Photo/Brian Westerholt)
DL Lee Hunter
Backed up by Cam Jackson
(AP Photo/David Richard)
DL Derrick Brown
Backed up by Aaron Hall
(AP Photo/Danny Karnik)
LB Patrick Jones II
Backed up by Trevis Gipson and Thomas Incoom
(AP Photo/Brian Westerholt)
LB Devin Lloyd
Backed up by Jackson Kuwatch and Tyrel Dodson
(AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
LB Bobby Okereke
Backed up by Claudin Cherelus
(AP Photo/Danny Karnik)
LB Jaelan Phillips
Backed up by Princely Umanmielen
(AP Photo/Danny Karnik)
CB Mike Jackson
Backed up by Chau Smith-Wade and Akayleb Evans
(AP Photo/Danny Karnik)
CB Jaycee Horn
Backed up by Will Lee III
(AP Photo/Danny Karnik)
S Tre'von Moehrig
Backed up by Zakee Wheatley
(AP Photo/Danny Karnik)
S Nick Scott
Backed up by Lathan Ransom
(AP Photo/Danny Karnik)
PR/KR John Metchie III
Backed up by Xavier Legette and Chuba Hubbard
(AP Photo/David Richard)
LS J.J. Jansen
(AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)
P/H Sam Martin
(AP Photo/Erik S. Lesser)
K Ryan Fitzgerald
(AP Photo/Erik S. Lesser)
