A year ago at Ford Field, they trailed the Lions by 17 points at halftime, and this year at Ford Field they trailed the Lions by 14 points at halftime.
Last year? They went on to allow the first 21 points of the second half and trailed by as many as 38 before losing 45-14.
This year? They scored the first 13 points of the second half and took the lead before ultimately losing 24-23.
"This is a different football team than a year ago," Doug Pederson said Monday.
In what could be perceived as a mild dig at his predecessor, Chip Kelly.
"I think it just shows the character of this football team and where we are from even a year ago," Pederson said Monday. "I think this team a year ago, it got out of hand and it got blown out. This group didn't do that yesterday.
"This group was resilient, this group battled. Sideline was calm, they were, ‘Whatever adversity comes our way, we were going to overcome it.' Like that two-minute drive before the end of the half. Overcame that. It's a sign of a good football team."
Kelly's Eagles got blown out twice in five days last November, 45-17 to the Buccaneers and 45-14 to the Lions on Thanksgiving. That made them only the eighth team in the last 27 years to allow 45 or more points in consecutive games.
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On Monday, Pederson said this is no Chip Kelly football team.
"I saw how ticked off this team was at the end of this football game," he said. "Despite everything that went on in this game, negative, positive, the whole thing, this is a different football team than a year ago. This is a resilient football team.
"This is a team when I walked on the plane last night when we were halfway home and everybody's on their iPads watching the game and they're correcting the mistakes and they're wanting to get back on the football field, and from a coach's perspective, that's great to see.
"It's great to see your players take ownership that way. The leaders of your team really step up and, yeah, as bad as it hurts, at the same time they understand that they let one slide. My message to them was that everybody is going to be a challenge, and every week has its own circumstances.
"But it was great to see all the guys back there, from Carson (Wentz) to Malcolm (Jenkins) to Fletcher Cox to Connor (Barwin), Brent Celek.
"Everybody is back there looking at the game. So this thing, it won't spiral. It won't spiral. They're taking ownership of it."
Last year, it did spiral. And after a loss to the Redskins knocked them out of playoff contention, Kelly was fired.
The Eagles will face those Redskins at 1 p.m. Sunday at FedEx Field.
It's the start of a brutal seven-game stretch in which the Eagles face only one team that currently has a losing record. Those next seven opponents have a composite record of 24-9.
Oct. 16: at Redskins (3-2)
Oct. 23: Vikings (5-0)
Oct. 30: at Cowboys (4-1)
Nov. 6: at Giants (2-3)
Nov. 13: Falcons (4-1)
Nov. 20: at Seahawks (3-1)
Nov. 28: Packers (3-1)
But Pederson said he's not concerned with this team suffering the same fate as last year, when Kelly's team lost five of its last seven games, with four of the losses coming by two touchdowns or more.
This team is different. And again, a subtle dig at Kelly.
"I think it comes from the coaches, No. 1," he said. "There's no panic on the sideline there. The thing is the better communication we have with the players on the sideline, it just kind of eases everything.
"If we're not prepared as a staff, the players are going to know it and the players are going to see it and then there's chaos. Our staff and my staff is prepared on game day and we're able to make the necessary adjustments and I think it starts with the staff and works its way down to the players."