Tyquan Thornton Week 6 Preview vs. the Lions

Tyquan Thornton will be up against the 12th-ranked passing defense in the NFL when his Kansas City Chiefs play the Detroit Lions in Week 6, on Sunday at 8:20 p.m. ET.

Thornton has a team-best 272 receiving yards on 13 grabs (25 targets), with three TDs, averaging 54.4 yards per game.

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Thornton vs. the Lions

• Thornton vs the Lions (since 2021): No games
• Detroit has allowed two opposing receivers to put up 100 or more receiving yards in a game in the 2025 season.
• Seven players have hauled in a TD pass against the Lions this year.
• Detroit has allowed three players to register at least two TD catches against it in a matchup on the season.
• The 206.6 passing yards the Lions yield per contest makes them the 12th-ranked pass defense in the NFL this year.
• The Lions' defense ranks 19th in the league by allowing two passing touchdowns per game to their opponents (10 total passing TDs).

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Thornton Receiving Insights

• Thornton, in the receiving game, has gone over on his receiving yards prop in three of four games this year.
• Thornton has been targeted on 25 of his team's 183 passing attempts this season (13.7% target share).
• He is averaging 10.9 yards per target (ninth in NFL play), picking up 272 yards on 25 passes thrown his way.
• Thornton has three games with a touchdown catch this season (out of five played). He hasn't scored multiple touchdowns in any game.
• He has 21.4% of his team's 14 offensive touchdowns this season (three).
• Thornton (four red zone targets) has been targeted 17.4% of the time in the red zone (23 total red zone pass attempts on the team).

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