ALLEN PARK — Detroit Lions defensive coordinator Kelvin Sheppard had a hard time finding much bad upon reviewing the defense’s game tape from their 16-9 defeat on the road against the Philadelphia Eagles.

It’s hard to blame Sheppard as his defense held the first-place Eagles to their second-lowest point total this season, a measly 4-of-15 on third downs and 1-of-3 in the red zone.

But in the team’s pursuit to improve and do what it needs to get a win next time around, Sheppard found the area that he believes would’ve got the job done — takeaways.

“The way that game was structured on that night, our offense needed one more possession and that’s kind of was the nature of that game,” Sheppard said Thursday. “That was the one thing if I could kind of look to anything that we could have im

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