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New York Giants at Detroit Lions

Scheduled · Kickoff

2026 Regular season · Week 16 · Ford Field · Monday Night

Latest game updateUpdated
New York Giants—Away
Detroit Lions—Home

Game details

Location
Detroit

Matchup preview

New York Giants 3–1 · Road 0–1 · Streak W2 · Power Index No. 15 · 8 days of rest
Detroit Lions 2–2 · Home 2–0 · Streak L1 · Power Index No. 19 · 8 days of rest
2026 regular season, per game · NYG 4 games, DET 4 games
MetricNYGDET
Points per game20.521st29.84th
Points allowed per game19.88th31.831st
Total yards per game283.326th389.36th
Passing yards per game182.328th303.52nd
Rushing yards per game110.512th102.020th
Turnovers per game1.313th0.31st
Sacks allowed per game2.822nd2.013th
Penalty yards per game66.520th56.814th

Highlighted values are the better side of each line; small figures are the league rank among clubs with games (1st = best). Points come from final scores; yardage, turnovers, sacks and penalties from team statistics.

New York Giants: recent results

  1. W 36–24 vs ARI Week 4
  2. W 12–7 vs TEN Week 3
  3. L 6–28 @ LAR Week 2
  4. W 28–20 vs DAL Week 1

Detroit Lions: recent results

  1. L 26–32 @ CAR Week 4
  2. W 31–24 vs NYJ Week 3
  3. L 31–41 @ BUF Week 2
  4. W 31–30 (OT) vs NO Week 1

New York Giants: season leaders

Passing
Jameis Winston 479 yds
Rushing
Cam Skattebo 235 yds
Receiving
Malik Nabers 208 yds

Detroit Lions: season leaders

Passing
Jared Goff 1,214 yds
Rushing
Jahmyr Gibbs 353 yds
Receiving
Amon-Ra St. Brown 303 yds

New York Giants: injury report

  • Out Jason Pinnock FS
  • Questionable DJ James

12 on reserve lists. Latest entry Oct 9. Full report

Detroit Lions: injury report

  • Out Ben Bartch LG
  • Out Brian Branch SS
  • Out Giovanni Manu LT
  • Out Kerby Joseph FS
  • Out Mason Miller
  • Out Rock Ya-Sin RCB
  • Questionable Tyleik Williams RDT

7 on reserve lists. Latest entry Oct 9. Full report

Head-to-head since 1999

NYG 4 · DET 7 in 11 meetings (regular season and playoffs).

  1. 2025 · Week 12 NYG 27, DET 34 (OT)
  2. 2022 · Week 11 DET 31, NYG 18
  3. 2019 · Week 8 NYG 26, DET 31
  4. 2017 · Week 2 DET 24, NYG 10
  5. 2016 · Week 15 DET 6, NYG 17

Full series history

From WHYNFL's results archive, which begins in 1999.

Game notes

Win probability

NYG 16.6% · DET 83.3%

Matchup quality 50.6 / 100

Model estimate, updated Sep 28, 2026. Not a WHYNFL prediction.

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