Detrroit Lions photo by Jeff Nguyen

Ok, the 16-9 score wasn’t that lopsided, but it was the third time this year that the Detroit Lions looked horrible. The previous two times were against teams in the same division: Green Bay on the first day of the season and Minnesota just the other week.

This time, it was really all on the offense. The defense did a great job in the 16-9 loss Sunday night against the Philadelphia Eagles.

Here's what sports writers had to say about the loss.

Bob Wojnowkski, The Detroit News:

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

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