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Dave Birkett   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption What’s next for Detroit Lions after firing Bob Quinn, Matt Patricia Free Press sports writers Dave Birkett and Carlos Monarrez weigh in Nov. 28, 2020, after the Detroit Lions fired Matt Patricia and Bob Quinn. The search for a new Detroit Lions general manager is

The easy thing to do for whoever is in charge of leading the next iteration of your Detroit Lions is to ride Matthew Stafford into the sunset of his career. But if this organization is serious about remaking itself into a perennial Super Bowl contender, having and executing a new long-term vision at the quarterback

Dave Birkett   | Detroit Free Press One prominent Detroit Lion was happy to see Matt Patricia and Bob Quinn go, and the team’s decision to fire its coach and general manager Saturday could pave the way for that player to stay in Detroit for years to come. Lions wide receiver Kenny Golladay was one of at

Dave Birkett   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption What’s next for Detroit Lions after firing Bob Quinn, Matt Patricia Free Press sports writers Dave Birkett and Carlos Monarrez weigh in Nov. 28, 2020, after the Detroit Lions fired Matt Patricia and Bob Quinn. Five candidates to replace Bob Quinn as Detroit Lions general

Mitch Albom   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption What’s next for Detroit Lions after firing Bob Quinn, Matt Patricia Free Press sports writers Dave Birkett and Carlos Monarrez weigh in Nov. 28, 2020, after the Detroit Lions fired Matt Patricia and Bob Quinn. Thanksgiving arrived two days late in Detroit. Today, Lions fans

Dave Birkett   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption What’s next for Detroit Lions after firing Bob Quinn, Matt Patricia Free Press sports writers Dave Birkett and Carlos Monarrez weigh in Nov. 28, 2020, after the Detroit Lions fired Matt Patricia and Bob Quinn. Free Press sports writer Dave Birkett highlights five head coaching

Dave Birkett   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption What the Detroit Lions’ owner is looking for in next GM, coach Sheila Ford Hamp did not on Nov. 28, 2020, rule out that Matt Patricia’s replacement could also serve as Detroit Lions’ general manager. Matt Patricia is gone. Bob Quinn, too. What comes next,

Carlos Monarrez   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Lions owner Sheila Ford Hamp on why she fired Matt Patricia Detroit Lions owner Sheila Ford Hamp explains Nov. 28, 2020, what led to the decision to fire former coach Matt Patricia and general manager Bob Quinn. Free Press sports writer Carlos Monarrez answers

Kirkland Crawford   | Detroit Free Press The Detroit Lions have fired general manager Bob Quinn and head coach Matt Patricia. Follow along with us as team owner Sheila Ford Hamp and team president Rod Wood address the media via a video news conference, beginning at 4 p.m. Ford Hamp and Wood are expected to take

Dave Birkett   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Should the NFL consider a bubble system for the playoffs? USA Sports’ Mackenzie Salmon breaks own the NFL’s fight against COVID-19 with NFL writers Mike Jones and Jarrett Bell. Adrian Peterson was in Washington last season when he saw the first strings of the franchise

Dave Birkett   | Detroit Free Press When the Detroit Lions hired Matt Patricia after the 2018 Super Bowl, they got arguably the hottest name in the head coach hiring cycle that winter. Patricia had his pick of jobs between the Lions and New York Giants, and at least one other team — the Arizona Cardinals

Jeff Seidel   | Detroit Free Press Detroit Lions coach Matt Patricia walked slowly across the turf in Ford Field — perhaps for the last time. He hugged Houston interim coach Romeo Crennel, an old friend, after the Texans embarrassed the Lions, 41-25, on Thanksgiving Day. Patricia turned and walked alone — after his team had lost

Dave Birkett   | Detroit Free Press Free Press sports writer Dave Birkett breaks down the Detroit Lions’ 41-25 loss to the Houston Texans and looks at who helped and hurt their stock Thursday. Stock up TE T.J. Hockenson: Hockenson had a huge first half before disappearing in the final 30 minutes, but accounted for the Lions’

Carlos Monarrez   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Does Lions’ loss to Carolina prove Matt Patricia is done in Detroit? Dave Birkett and Carlos Monarrez talk Nov. 23, 2020, about Matt Patricia’s job security and similarities between the Houston Texans and Detroit Lions. Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford was among several players from

Carlos Monarrez   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Does Lions’ loss to Carolina prove Matt Patricia is done in Detroit? Dave Birkett and Carlos Monarrez talk Nov. 23, 2020, about Matt Patricia’s job security and similarities between the Houston Texans and Detroit Lions. The Detroit Lions’ offense has gone from being shut out

Matt Patricia is a private man, especially when it comes to his family, but when he started off his postgame news conference Thursday by thanking his wife for all she does “behind the scenes” and saying how “appreciative” he is for his family, it was reminiscent of the final weeks of Jim Caldwell’s tenure as

Dave Birkett   | Detroit Free Press Free Press sports writer Dave Birkett grades the Detroit Lions after Thursday’s 41-25 loss to the Houston Texans at Ford Field: Quarterback The numbers weren’t terrible — 28 of 42 passing for 295 yards with one touchdown and one interception — but Matthew Stafford had another game where he committed

Shawn Windsor   | Detroit Free Press There is nothing left to see. Nothing left to say.   Other than this: It’s not working. Not for Matt Patricia. Not for Bob Quinn. Not for the Detroit Lions. Not for you.   Not after the nationally televised debacle on Thanksgiving, when the Lions had the NFL fan base to itself and got embarrassed

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Carlos Monarrez   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Does Lions’ loss to Carolina prove Matt Patricia is done in Detroit? Dave Birkett and Carlos Monarrez talk Nov. 23, 2020, about Matt Patricia’s job security and similarities between the Houston Texans and Detroit Lions. Free Press sports writer Carlos Monarrez answers three questions after