PHILADELPHIA -- The Detroit Lions have thrived on going for it on fourth down and leaning on Jared Goff and Amon-Ra St. Brown time and time again.

But their bread and butter players and aggressive identity came back to bite them against the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday night.

The Lions lost 16-9 to the Eagles, while failing to convert on any of their five fourth-down attempts. On top of that, Goff and St. Brown connected only twice on 12 targets for 42 yards.

Goff sent the ball St. Brown’s way on five third downs and two on fourth down. None of those passes connected, with the team’s bread and butter and identity colliding in disastrous fashion.

“I don’t think it has anything to do with him and I, I think there was just tight coverage and just didn’t connect,” Goff said. “There’s a fe

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