DETROIT - There would have been so many great things for us to say Monday about Carson Wentz, Doug Pederson, Jim Schwartz and the Eagles if Ryan Mathews had shifted the ball from his left to his right hand before Lions cornerback Darius Slay hit Mathews from his left, jarring the ball loose, with two minutes and 34 seconds remaining in what became a 24-23 Eagles loss at Ford Field.
Slideshow The Lions had blown a 21-7 lead into a 23-21 deficit and weren't going anywhere.