Justin Rogers | The Detroit News The hiring of Matt Patricia was supposed to get the Lions off the hamster wheel of mediocrity and elevate the team to a perennial contender. Instead, it proved to be a disastrous marriage that has sent the franchise tumbling back to its all-to-familiar residence at the bottom of the NFL standings.
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The Detroit Lions have a need for a new head coach, so could they hire the coach at the University of Michigan with Jim Harbaugh staying in the state? Michigan football coach Jim Harbaugh is expected to draw interest from NFL teams this offseason. Could one of those interested teams be from the same state
Matt Patricia, Detroit Lions. (Mandatory Credit: Raj Mehta-USA TODAY Sports) Texas Tech had the worst onside kick you’ll ever see vs. Oklahoma State (Video) by John Buhler Lions hiring Jim Harbaugh would be cruel irony for Michigan football fans by Patrick Schmidt The Detroit Lions have parted ways with Matt Patricia and Bob Quinn. Matt
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
DETROIT, MICHIGAN – NOVEMBER 15: Matthew Stafford #9 of the Detroit Lions (Photo by Rey Del Rio/Getty Images) The Lions need to do Matthew Stafford a solid and trade him to one of these three teams. The end of the Matt Patricia era with the Detroit Lions is all but certain, as this organization has
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
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’
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
John Niyo | The Detroit News When it’s this bad, and getting worse, you can point to just about any moment and frame it as a fireable offense. For most Lions fans, it happens once or twice every week, at least. But here was another Thursday, in the fourth quarter of what could be —
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
John Niyo | The Detroit News When it’s this bad, and getting worse, you can point to just about any moment and frame it as a fireable offense. For most Lions fans, it happens once or twice every week, at least. But here was another Thursday, in the fourth quarter of what could be —
It’s clear the Lions starting quarterback is out on the head coach Matthew Stafford didn’t mince his words following a 41-25 blowout to the Houston Texans. Once again, poor coaching cost them a win against a losing team to send them to 4-7 on the season. Now, every day with Matt Patricia at the helm
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
Nolan Bianchi | The Detroit News Detroit — It wasn’t a display to be proud of. Especially not in front of a national audience, on a holiday that’s as intertwined with football as the Thanksgiving turkey itself. The Detroit Lions choked on their own mistakes before most folks watching at home had the chance to
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
Justin Rogers | The Detroit News Detroit — Stick a fork in this Detroit Lions team, it’s done. This time, a national-television audience got a firsthand look at Detroit’s ineptitude in a 41-25 Thanksgiving Day thrashing at the hand of the Houston Texans. The defeat, the team’s fourth in five games, now shifts the focus to owner
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
Justin Rogers | The Detroit News Detroit — Justin Rogers grades the Detroit Lions’ performance in their 41-25 loss to the Houston Texans. Quarterback Matthew Stafford was OK, with a good completion percentage, some quality throws, but one disastrous decision that kick-started a three-turnover stretch that flipped the game’s momentum. In the first quarter, Stafford
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