Before driving into the Official Review, presented by AAA, make sure to check out these features from the Eagles' 16-9 home win over the Detroit Lions on Sunday Night Football.

• Eagles Insider Dave Spadaro offers his observations from the victory.

• If you missed the game, here's how everything unfolded in real time.

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Eagles defense stifles high-powered Lions offense

After the Eagles improved to 8-2 with a 16-9 win over the Lions, Jordan Davis stood in his locker stall holding a game ball from the Sunday Night Football crew. Davis more than deserved his own, but NBC could have easily gifted one to everybody on Philadelphia's defense.

The Eagles dominated a Detroit team that entered Sunday averaging 31.4 points per game, the second most in the NFL. Philadelphia held the Lions to their lowest scoring output of the season and stopped them on all five of their fourth-down attempts.

It was a true masterclass by Vic Fangio's unit in prime time.

"[We] just wanted [it] more," Jaelan Phillips said on what the difference was on fourth down. "I thought we just played super fundamentally sound, and they just didn't have an answer for anything we were doing."

Lions quarterback Jared Goff was off to a red-hot start, coming into Sunday night completing 74 percent of his passes, on pace for the third-highest completion percentage in NFL history. Goff completed just 37.8 percent of his passes against the Eagles, the lowest of his career and lowest by any quarterback in a game this season (min. 20 pass attempts).

"The defense was playing lights out, it was one of the best performances I've ever seen," Jalen Hurts said. "A really, really big-time game on that side of the ball and to be able to do what they did on fourth down against a really good offense or a potent offense that's capable of doing really, really special things and I have a lot of respect for that."

It was the second week in a row the Eagles' defense has been unstoppable after surrendering just seven points to the Packers on Monday Night Football. With the additions of players like Jaelan Phillips and Brandon Graham and Nolan Smith, Philadelphia's defense has been on another level after the Bye Week, and Sunday night's performance was the best of the season so far.

"I think guys are just getting more comfortable in the defense, getting more comfortable playing with each other, I think that's the biggest difference," defensive back Cooper DeJean said. "We just continue to improve. That's the name of the game, is improvement. I feel like we've done that each and every week."

Jaelan Phillips shines in home debut

After the Eagles traded for Jaelan Phillips, he wasn't shy when talking about how excited he was for the new opportunity, saying that joining the Eagles was the "greatest thing that's happened to me in my whole life."

On the NBC broadcast postgame, Phillips said he's "doubling down on that statement," followed by a big scream.

He got his first taste of the home crowd in Philadelphia against the Lions, and he balled out, notching his first sack with the Birds while also coming up with a big fourth-down stop.

"It was exciting. Atmosphere was great, fans showed out, and that was a hell of a game," Phillips said. "Super fun to be a part of. I love being a part of this defense, thought we played lights out. Just gotta keep stacking, make the improvements, and keep it rolling."

Phillips fit in quickly with the Eagles. He already is a cornerstone on the defense line and making game-changing plays, but he also has been a positive presence in the locker room. Jordan Davis shouted out the new addition for always bringing the vibes and having a smile on his face.

The transition has been seamless for everyone involved.

"I think that's credit to the guys up front, credit to the coaching, and I guess you could say credit to me just for coming in, I kind of think I understood what the mindset of this defense was," Phillips said of getting comfortable early. "Being with them for two short weeks, it's been easy to kind of pick up on that. So at the end of the day, it's just fast, aggressive, play hard. That's all it comes down to."

Since Phillips became an Eagle, the defense has taken another step. They're playing their best ball right now, and Phillips has quickly picked up on the mindset of the team after two weeks.

"[We've] got a bunch of dogs, got a bunch of absolute animals up there," he said. "It's been really fun to be a part of."

Nick Sirianni praises the Eagles for finding ways to win

The Eagles have won back-to-back gutsy games after hanging 38 points on the Giants before the Bye Week. The last two games have been defensive slugfests, but they each resulted in victories.

While the Eagles know there's much to improve offensively coming off the past two weeks, they were able to find ways to win against two of the top teams in the conference.

"I think we take a lot of pride in just winning, period," Head Coach Nick Sirianni said of the Eagles, who are 7-1 in one-score games this season. "... That doesn't mean that you don't go to work like a madman the next day and try to fix everything that made it not a big two-score win or three-score win.

"I think the answer really is [that] we take pride in winning. I think our guys have this knack of knowing. As I watched football today, I feel like I saw a lot of teams waiting to lose. Our team's waiting to win because they know how to win. There's something to be said for knowing how to win and knowing how to figure out ways to win."

Eagles practiced batting passes in preparation for facing the Lions

Leading up to Sunday's game against the Lions, the Eagles had drills in practice to work on batting passes at the line of scrimmage.

Those paid off in prime time as Jordan Davis had three batted passes, tied for the most by any defensive lineman in a game this season, and Jalen Carter added two more.

"We just want to take advantage of that. I'm 6-6, not for no reason," Davis said. "Have to go out there, put my hands up if I can't get to it for a sack or a QB hit or QB pressure, I just need to put my hands up and affect the play."

Davis set the tone early by batting a pass on Detroit's opening drive that was intercepted by DeJean. From there, the Philadelphia defense was cooking.

"To be able to go out there and make impact plays like that, it doesn't have to be something that's a crazy stat like a billion sacks or nothing," Davis said. "Just little stuff like that messes with a QB's mind, messes with his mindset, how he passes the ball.

"It showed in the game and fortunately for us, we made it very hard on him, from the pressure to the batted balls to everything. They got a couple plays, that's what they do. I mean, it happens. But we have to go out there, and we have to make that stand, we have to make that stance that it's going to be hard."

Quinyon Mitchell is putting together a strong season

Second-year player Quinyon Mitchell is establishing himself as one of the best cornerbacks in the entire NFL. Through 10 games, opposing teams are completing just 41.9 percent of their passes when targeting Mitchell, according to Next Gen Stats, the lowest rate by a defender since 2018 (min. 50 targets).

Mitchell was elite against Detroit, surrendering zero completions on six targets, tied for the most targets without allowing a reception in a game over the last two seasons.

"That's what he does. That's what he does," said DeJean, Mitchell's draft classmate, with a smile. "It's nice to have a guy like that who can shut down one side of the field every game. He's been doing it all season, and I know he'll continue to do that."

Jalen Hurts: 'We have to be more efficient'

The Eagles' offense did enough to win on Sunday night with the help of a standout defense performance, but Jalen Hurts and Co. know this offense can reach another level.

"My main takeaway is that we have to score points," he said. "We have to be more efficient. We have to take advantage of opportunities when they are there, and we have to control the things that we can control."

Philadelphia is averaging 13 points per game over its last two weeks but has put together strong stretches during the season. Now it's about having those outings regularly with the Eagles' defense looking like the best unit in the NFL.

"It is always going to come down to us and what we do," Hurts said. "We have to do a bit of identifying who we are, so we can find consistency in something and go out there and execute at a high level." — Written by Matt Ryan