2026 season · Team Air Yards and Passing Volume

Detroit Lions team air yards, 2026

1,231

10th of 32 in the NFL

League median
1,040
Sample
On 161 pass attempts through Week 5

How far downfield do the Lions throw?

The Lions have thrown for 1,231 intended air yards through Week 5, 10th in the NFL.

Week by week

Season to date after each week — the team air yards and rank as the board stood once that week was filed, not the single week’s own figure.

Detroit Lions team air yards after each week of 2026
ThroughAir YdsRank
Week 120722nd
Week 254413th
Week 373717th
Week 41,2319th
Week 51,23110th

Last season

Down from 3,732 in 2025, which ranked 25th 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 throw for the most air yards in 2026?

Los Angeles Rams (1,548), Houston Texans (1,517), then New Orleans Saints (1,481) lead the league. All 32 teams on the Team Air Yards and Passing Volume board.

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