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Detroit Lions Defense vs Wide Receivers (2025)

In 2025, the Detroit Lions allowed 155.5 receiving yards per game to wide receivers — #25 of 32 (1 = stingiest). This is a two-year-stable soft matchup — one of the few defense-vs-position tendencies that repeated across seasons.

Everything they allowed to wide receivers, per game

Metric	Season	Last 4	Last 2
Targets allowed	19.1	15.2	8.5
Receptions allowed	11.4	9.2	5.0
Rec yds allowed	155.5	124.2	56.0
Rec TD allowed	1.2	0.2	0.5
Yards per target	8.2	8.1	6.6
Explosive receptions (20+)	2.5	1.8	0.5

Last 4 = weeks 15–18; last 2 = weeks 17–18. 2025 regular season.

Upcoming: week 1 vs New Orleans Saints

Wide Receivers they'll face first: Chris Olave.

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Methodology: computed from nflverse play-by-play; a quarter's yards are the yards gained on plays snapped in that quarter. Averages use each player's games played, not team games. Updated 2026-07-28.

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