2026 season · Pre-Snap Motion Rate

Detroit Lions pre-snap motion rate, 2026

39.9%

26th of 32 in the NFL

League median
45.1%
Sample
On 351 plays through Week 4

How often do the Lions use pre-snap motion?

The Lions have put a man in motion before the snap on 39.9% of their plays through Week 4, 26th in the NFL.

Week by week

Season to date after each week — the pre-snap motion rate and rank as the board stood once that week was filed, not the single week’s own figure.

Detroit Lions pre-snap motion rate after each week of 2026
ThroughMotion%Rank
Week 145.4%16th
Week 240.9%25th
Week 342.5%21st
Week 439.9%26th

Last season

Down from 47.2% in 2025, which ranked 10th of 32.

From the Lions weekly

First and ten at the Carolina fifteen, seven nineteen left in the game, down thirty-two to nineteen. An incompletion to Sam LaPorta, two more to Amon-Ra St. Brown, a delay of game and a false start later, it was fourth and twenty at the twenty-five. On that snap Jared Goff threw short right to St. Brown for four, St. Brown pitched it back to Jahmyr Gibbs, and Gibbs got nine more to the twelve, seven yards short. The Lions scored on their next drive, LaPorta from eight yards with three forty-two left, and got the ball back at their own thirteen with two oh six left, down six, no timeouts. The last snap was fourth and thirteen at the ten, Goff to Isaac TeSlaa for twelve, a yard short. Carolina won thirty-two to twenty-six, and Detroit is two and two.

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Which offenses use the most pre-snap motion in 2026?

San Francisco 49ers (64.4%), Miami Dolphins (63.5%), then Los Angeles Chargers (57.4%) lead the league. All 32 teams on the Pre-Snap Motion Rate board.

More on this team: the Detroit Lions page.

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