ALLEN PARK -- The Detroit Lions stayed within reach against the Philadelphia Eagles despite an ugly offensive showing.

Detroit’s defense brought the goods despite its 16-9 loss to the Eagles . And we’ll also discuss the offensive line woes and who the Lions are sorely missing heading into this stretch of games.

See below for the three things we learned against the Eagles:

Detroit’s offensive line struggles against another playoff-caliber opponent

It’s a troubling sign for potential January football, no doubt.

There seems to be a common theme across Detroit’s four losses -- the offensive line has struggled against quality opponents, and the offense has fallen flat when trailing against zone-heavy defenses. We’ll focus on the latter part of that equation for that section, because it w

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