2026 season · Team Pace

Detroit Lions neutral-script seconds per play, 2026

30.06

20th of 32 in the NFL

League median
29.42
Sample
On 97 neutral-script snaps through Week 5

How fast do the Lions play?

The Lions have taken 30.06 seconds per play in neutral game situations through Week 5, 20th-fastest in the NFL.

Week by week

Season to date after each week — the neutral-script seconds per play and rank as the board stood once that week was filed, not the single week’s own figure.

Detroit Lions neutral-script seconds per play after each week of 2026
ThroughNeutral Sec/PlayRank
Week 132.0027th
Week 232.3731st
Week 331.5328th
Week 430.0620th
Week 530.0620th

Last season

Down from 30.97 in 2025, which ranked 21st 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 play the fastest in 2026?

Carolina Panthers (26.02), New Orleans Saints (26.27), then Dallas Cowboys (27.94) lead the league. All 32 teams on the Team Pace board.

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