Philadelphia – This was a painful, punishing lesson for the Lions . Sometimes you can’t just do what you do, no matter how successful you’ve been. Sometimes the other team does it better, stronger, unrelentingly.

This has always been the Lions’ nagging fear, turned into crunching, disturbing reality. If they can’t protect their quarterback, their offense gets suffocated. The Eagles attacked like they knew it, unleashing their loaded defense. The defending Super Bowl champs pummeled Jared Goff and turned Detroit’s offense to mush, hammering out a 16-9 victory Sunday night.

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