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Philadelphia Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni called his defense “awesome” after defeating the Detroit Lions in Week 11.<\/p>\n
The\u00a0Detroit Lions\u00a0eclipsed the 30-point mark five times before Week 11. But the\u00a0Philadelphia Eagles\u00a0defense held Detroit to just one touchdown in their 16-9 victory on\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Eagles won the contest on fourth down. The Lions are as aggressive on the crucial possession down as any team in the league.<\/p>\n
On Sunday night, the Eagles held Detroit without a fourth-down conversions \u2014 0-for-5 overall. Detroit was also just 3 of 13 on third down.<\/p>\n
When asked about his team\u2019s fourth-down defense after the game, Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni repeated one word a couple times.<\/p>\n
\u201cAwesome,\u201d\u00a0said Sirianni.<\/p>\n
During his postgame press conference, the Eagles head coach used the word several times when describing the team\u2019s defense versus the Lions.<\/p>\n
The Lions weren\u2019t as strong in October offensively as they were at the beginning of the season. But\u00a0head coach Dan Campbell assumed\u00a0play-calling duties ahead of Week 10.<\/p>\n
Against the\u00a0Washington Commanders\u00a0last Sunday, Campbell\u2019s play-calling sparked a 44-point output for the Lions offense.<\/p>\n
Campbell\u2019s play-calling, though, didn\u2019t net the same results versus the Eagles. That was in large part to Philadelphia stopping the Lions on all five of their fourth-down tries.<\/p>\n
\u201cThose are turnovers in our mind,\u201d\u00a0Sirianni said. \u201cReally, really good coverage and rush together.<\/p>\n
\u201cAggressive play by the front. Good matching in the secondary. That\u2019s a good football team, and to be able to go 5-for-5 [stopping fourth downs], outstanding. Outstanding.\u201d<\/p>\n
The two fourth-down stops Philadelphia made in the second quarter came in Detroit territory. However, the first two unsuccessful Lions fourth downs in the second half came in field-goal range.<\/p>\n
The second of those two missed fourth downs for Detroit in the second half occurred at the Philadelphia 3-yard line.<\/p>\n
Those stops directly led to the Eagles preventing the Lions from scoring.<\/p>\n
Thanks in large part to those two stops, Philadelphia took a two-score lead early in the fourth quarter with a\u00a0Jake Elliott\u00a0field goal.<\/p>\n
The Eagles were able to stop the Detroit fourth-down tries because of the pressure they placed on Lions quarterback\u00a0Jared Goff. Particularly on the goal line stop, Goff had to release the ball earlier than he wanted.<\/p>\n
But Philadelphia created pressure on the pocket throughout the night, not just on fourth down. Sirianni said that pressure from the defensive front was the tone setter for the Eagles defense.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe were able to get some early pressure on him and get some hits on him. They are always going to effect quarterbacks. So we did a really good job there as a defensive front,\u201d\u00a0said Sirianni.<\/p>\n
\u201cThose bat downs were really, really impressive, but not surprising to us because that\u2019s what practice looked like and has been looking like. So, practice is a great indicator of what the game is going to look like. Our defense in practice, the energy \u2026 the bat downs, the crushing of blocks. We just did a really nice job there tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Eagles only sacked Goff twice. However, Philadelphia recorded 10 pass defenses, including five from defensive linemen\u00a0Jalen Carter\u00a0and\u00a0Jordan Davis.<\/p>\n
Behind those deflections, the Eagles held Goff to only 14 completions on 37 pass attempts. Including a kneel down at the end of the second quarter, the Lions scored just three combined points on their final seven possessions.<\/p>\n
Winners of eight of their last nine games heading into Monday night’s home game against the Carolina Hurricanes, things were stacked against the Boston Bruins. Despite their recent hot streak that has vaulted them into first place in the Atlantic Division, injuries are piling up for the Black and Gold.<\/p>\n
Center\u00a0Elias Lindholm remains on injured reserve\u00a0from an injury he suffered last month against the Buffalo Sabres. Casey Mittlestadt was placed on injured reserve on Monday, as was forward Viktor Arvidsson, who was injured late in\u00a0Saturday night’s 3-2 win over the Montreal Canadiens. Charlie McAvoy was also injured after taking a puck to the face. He’ll be out for a while.<\/p>\n
Carolina came into the TD Garden for the second time this month and got revenge for a 2-1 loss earlier this year with a win that was one of the more frustrating ones Boston has suffered.<\/p>\n
The second period was a clinic by Carolina with their pressure in the offensive zone, and it paid off with a pair of goals. Jordan Staal opened the scoring when he outmuscled the Bruins in front of the net and pushed the puck by Jeremy Swayman with one-hand for a 1-0 lead. Mark Jankowski scored his first goal of the season off a rebound all alone in front, for a 2-0 lead. The Bruins were outshot 13-7 in the middle period.<\/p>\n
For the first time in four games, the Bruins were held without a power play goal in four opportunities, and they only registered five shots on the three man-advantages. Boston had a lot of pressure in the third period on the Hurricanes, and goalie Pytor Kochetkov was up to the challenge before former Bruin Taylor Hall sealed the win with a late goal. He finished with 27 saves and only allowed a Riley Tufte power play goal with 9.6 seconds left.<\/p>\n
The Bruins will hit the road for a four-game road trip beginning on Wednesday night against the Anaheim Ducks in Southern California.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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