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".

The Lions were abysmal on third and fourth down during Sunday's loss to the Philadelphia Eagles. Let's take a deeper look at each play.

Eagles defense has allowed 2 TDs on 22 possessions the last two weeks against the Packers and Lions. They are all the way up to 6th in EPA per drive. The Jaelan Phillips trade and Nakobe Dean's return have given the defense a huge boost.

The Lions’ offense struggled mightily on third-down conversions. Along with that, they went goose egg on five fourth-down attempts in the 16-9 loss -- a game that was arguably winnable based on the stellar showing from Detroit’s defense. Because of this, the Lions had a slight drop in this week’s rankings from writers across the country.

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.

Six Free Press sports writers make their calls on the Detroit Lions' game against the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday, Nov. 16.

Chris Simms and Connor Rogers unpack how the Eagles' defense ensured Jared Goff found "zero comfort" in Week 11, where Philadelphia's front four led the way and its secondary excelled with "simplistic creativity.