LIVE BLOG: Follow Detroit Lions' Week 5 Matchup With Carolina Panthers

The All Lions live blog will keep you updated from Ford Field Sunday.

The Detroit Lions look to earn their third win in a row Sunday when they host the Carolina Panthers at Ford Field. 

Dan Campbell's team is looking to add to the best start of his era and improve its record to 4-1 on the young 2023 season. Standing in the way is the winless Panthers, who have shown plenty of fight despite their struggles. 

Rookie quarterback Bryce Young has taken his lumps in three starts while showing flashes of the potential that made him the top selection this year's Draft. Defensively, Brian Burns and Derrick Brown anchor a ferocious pass rush. 

The Lions will be without multiple key contributors on offense, as Amon-Ra St. Brown and Jahmyr Gibbs will miss the game with injuries. The prospects are more optimistic on defense, as Emmanuel Moseley will make his season debut and Kerby Joseph returns to action after missing the last two games. 

Lions Week 5 Inactive List

There's also the debut of Jameson Williams, who will see his first action after his suspension was shortened from six games to four. He's expected to play a small role, while Josh Reynolds and Kalif Raymond contribute to the passing attack. 

Despite St. Brown's absence, offensive coordinator Ben Johnson remained optimistic about the ability to move the ball through the air Sunday. 

“Yeah, I feel good about all of our guys up this week. We’ll see as the week goes who exactly is available, but we have plans and contingency plans based on how the week goes for us, but we know it happens every year," Johnson told reporters Thursday. "And last year we played nine, 10 O-linemen. Last year we played nine, 10 receivers, just so happens we’re four games in and we’re already having this circle going on, so we were prepared for it. We talked about it all of training camp. The guys that made our practice squad, we talked about at the end of training camp that they were going to play significant minutes for us at some point this season, whether that’s this week, who knows? But at some point this year, they will and they prepare like that every week.”

Follow along all throughout the Week 5 Lions-Panthers game with our live blog:

4:10 p.m. -- FINAL: Detroit Lions 42, Carolina Panthers 24.

4:07 p.m. -- Bryce Young connects with Adam Thelen for a one-yard touchdown. The Lions lead the Panthers, 42-24, with 1:55 remaining.

3:49 p.m. -- Craig Reynolds scores a five-yard touchdown. The Lions lead the Panthers, 42-17, with 7:27 remaining in the game.

3:41 p.m. -- Bryce Young connects with DJ Chark for an 18-yard touchdown. The Lions lead the Panthers, 35-17, with 11:52 remaining.

3:33 p.m. -- Jared Goff scores a 1-yard touchdown. The Lions lead the Panthers 35-10 with 14:58 remaining.

3:30 p.m. -- END Q3: Lions 28, Panthers 10.

2:34 p.m. -- END Q2: Lions 28, Panthers 10.

2:33 p.m. -- Eddy Pineiro hits a 33-yard field goal. The Lions lead the Panthers, 28-10, with :06 remaining in the first half.

2:20 p.m. -- Jared Goff connects with Sam LaPorta for a 31-yard touchdown. The Lions lead the Panthers, 28-7, with 3:21 remaining in the first half.

2:19 p.m. -- Jerry Jacobs intercepts Bryce Young. The Lions have the ball at Carolina's 31-yard line.

2:16 p.m. -- Jared Goff connects with Josh Reynolds on a one-yard touchdown. The Lions lead the Panthers, 21-7, with 3:50 remaining in the second quarter.

2:08 p.m. -- Will Harris recovers a fumble. The Lions have the ball at Carolina's 38-yard line.

1:56 p.m. -- Bryce Young connects with Tommy Tremble on a one-yard touchdown. The Lions lead the Panthers, 14-7, with 12:48 remaining in the first half.

1:50 p.m. -- END Q1: Lions 14, Panthers 0

1:29 p.m. -- Jared Goff connects with Sam LaPorta on a four-yard touchdown. The Lions lead the Panthers, 14-0, with 4:53 remaining in the opening quarter.

1:25 p.m. -- Aidan Hutchinson intercepts Bryce Young. The Lions have the ball at the Panthers' 21-yard line.

1:19 p.m. -- David Montgomery races into the end zone from 42 yards out. The Lions lead 7-0 with 9:41 to play in the first quarter

1:01 p.m. -- Carolina wins the toss and elects to receive.

Jameson Williams in pre-game warmups taking long strides. Time for Speed to be Display

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