Bad penalty should not obscure what Rock Ya-Sin did against A.J. Brown

Defense was not the issue for the Detroit Lions on Sunday night, as they held the Philadelphia Eagles to 272 yards of offense and 16 points despite regularly left in tough spots by Dan Campbell being too aggressive on fourth downs. Despite being without safety Kerby Joseph and cornerback Terrion Arnold, the Lions' held Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts to season-lows in completion rate (50 percent), passer rating (63.8) and EPA per dropback (-0.34). After he was back to being the squeaky wheel during the week leading up to the game, it was fair to assume (for better or worse) Eagles' wide receiver A.J. Brown was going to get some grease on Sunday night. Indeed, Brown got a team-high 11 targets while no one else has more than five. His seven catches also led the team, while no one else had more than two, but that he posted just 49 yards was a big win for the Lions' defense. With Arnold out and Amik Robertson more likely to regularly line up across from DeVonta Smith (which he did, as Smith finished the game with