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Panthers vs. Lions live updates: Carolina, Detroit set to light up scoreboard on 'Sunday Night Football'

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In the Week 4 edition of "Sunday Night Football," the Carolina Panthers host the Detroit Lions.

Detroit enters this game fresh off a win over the New York Jets. The Lions have been explosive on offense through the early portion of the season, scoring exactly 31 points in each of their first three games. Jahmyr Gibbs is off to an outrageous start, Jared Goff and Amon-Ra St. Brown are playing high-level football and they haven't even gotten Jameson Williams going yet. They're decimated on defense at the moment, though, as they're dealing with multiple injuries on the back end that have led to a lot of passing success for opponents.

Carolina might actually be dealing with even more injuries than Detroit, as the Panthers enter this game without each of their top two cornerbacks after both Jaycee Horn and Mike Jackson went on injured reserve with injuries suffered last week. The Panthers' offense was one of the pleasant surprises of the first two weeks of the season before before slumping to only 18 points in a loss to the Browns last week, and the Panthers will need Bryce Young, Tetairoa McMillan and Co. to be explosive to keep up with the Lions here.

Will the Lions secure the win, or will the Panthers pull off the upset in their home stadium? We'll find out soon enough. In the meantime, keep it locked to our live blog throughout the evening as we update you with stats, scores and highlights.

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Lions start with a field goal

Lions 3, Panthers 0

Detroit got off to a good start to its first drive of the night and made it just outside the red zone, but a false start penalty knocked them back five yards and then Jared Goff was heavily pressured and had to throw the ball away on both second and third down. Jake Bates knocked a 54-yard field goal through the uprights to take the lead. It was the Lions' first opening-drive score of the season.

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Gibbs' huge start

Jahmyr Gibbs is off to a preposterous start to the season, with 307 rushing yards, 156 receiving yards and six touchdowns through the first three games. He is averaging more than a touchdown per game for his career, with 55 scores in 52 career games played. The Panthers have given up at least 132 rushing yards in each of their three games, and got clocked for 291 by the Bears back in Week 1.

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Panthers injuries

Carolina will be without each of its top two cornerbacks tonight. Both Jaycee Horn and Mike Jackson went on injured reserve with injuries suffered during last week's game. The Panthers will also be without wide receiver Jalen Coker, who went down last week as well. That makes this a really tough battle on both sides of the field.

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Panthers inactives

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Lions inactives

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