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PHILADELPHIA — The Jaelan Phillips Effect is blatant by sight and absurd by data.
The Philadelphia Eagles' defense shut down the Detroit Lions' high-powered offense in a 16-9 win on Sunday night at Lincoln Financial Field.
The NFC playoff picture is focusing, and the Philadelphia Eagles and Detroit Lions highlight it. We provided analysis, highlights and more from "SNF".
In a 16-9 win that improved the Eagles to 8-2, Philadelphia allowed points on just two of Detroit’s 12 drives. That included stopping the Lions — who had scored on all but one drive last week, while producing 44 points — on downs five times. They fell to 6-4.
The Eagles have been the best team in the NFC East all season, and nothing seen over the past two weeks has really changed that.
The Lions will take on the reigning Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles Sunday night in a potential NFC Championship Game preview. Kickoff for the highly-anticipated matchup is set for 8:20 p.m. (EST) at Lincoln Financial Field.
Jordan Davis is the first player in Eagles history to win NFC Defensive and Special Teams Player of the Week in the same season.
The bulk of the season has been completed, but the storylines will now intensify as HBO's Hard Knocks takes an inside, in-season look at this historic division.