{"id":2102,"section":"sports","section_label":"Sports","url":"https://www.brokenews.co/sports/2102","headline":"Lions defense smothers Dolphins in 19-9 win","dek":"A unit that entered ranked 29th in yards allowed held Malik Willis and Miami to just nine points.","body":"The Lions' defense has not been good this season, ranking 29th in yards allowed per game heading into Sunday. None of that showed up against the Dolphins, as Detroit held Malik Willis and Miami's offense to just nine points in a 19-9 win.\n\nIt was not a flashy performance, more of a grind-it-out effort that got the job done on the road. The Lions leaned on their defense to control a game their offense did not need to dominate, and the unit answered with its best showing of the year against a struggling Dolphins attack led by Willis.\n\nThe result matters for a Detroit team looking to prove that its defensive issues are not a lost cause. Miami, for its part, continues to search for answers on offense with Willis at the controls, and nine points will not get it done against most opponents this season.","published_at":"2026-11-08T23:51:48.639845+00:00","source_count":3,"written_from":[{"outlet":"The Athletic","publisher":"The Athletic","title":"Lions' defense leads win over Dolphins with Jack Campbell at front of mind","url":"https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7764826/2026/11/08/lions-dolphins-nfl-week-9-score-result-takeaways/"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Lions' defense shuts down Malik Willis and the Dolphins in 19-9 win","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/lions-defense-shuts-down-malik-205041932.html"},{"outlet":"Pro Football Talk","publisher":"NBC Sports","title":"Lions' defense shuts down Malik Willis and the Dolphins in 19-9 win","url":"https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/lions-defense-shuts-down-malik-willis-and-the-dolphins-in-19-9-win"}],"more_coverage":[],"image":{"url":"https://static01.nyt.com/athletic/uploads/wp/2026/11/08153404/GettyImages-2304171829.jpg","credit":"The Athletic","width":1024},"embed":null,"license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","attribution":"Analysis data is licensed CC BY 4.0. Credit brokenews and link to the story page you took it from. Source headlines, story titles taken from a source headline, and quoted passages remain the property of their publishers and are quoted for comparison, not licensed onward.","terms":"https://www.brokenews.co/about#reuse"}