Justin Rogers | The Detroit News The Lions kick-started another regime change Saturday afternoon, firing general manager Bob Quinn and coach Matt Patricia. And while the team will operate with interims in those roles for the remainder of the 2020 campaign, focus will quickly shift to what’s next for the downtrodden franchise. Admittedly, a general manager
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Rod Beard | The Detroit News With team owner Sheila Ford Hamp’s decision Saturday to move on from coach Matt Patricia and general manager Bob Quinn, the Lions ended another chapter of coaching futility that has marked the past 30-plus years. Spanning the last 10 tenures of head coaches, the Lions notably have had just
Bob Wojnowski | The Detroit News Show Caption Hide Caption Video: Lions owner Sheila Ford Hamp answers Wojo’s questions about team’s future Lions owner Sheila Ford Hamp answers Wojo’s question about team’s future after the firing of GM Bob Quinn and coach Matt Patricia. It had gone on long enough, longer than enough, actually. Another
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
Justin Rogers | The Detroit News The Lions made sweeping changes on Saturday, firing general manager Bob Quinn and coach Matt Patricia. But team president Rod Wood, he’s not going anywhere. Owner Sheila Ford Hamp confirmed the family’s longtime financial adviser, who replaced Tom Lewand as team president in 2015, will continue to serve in
Current and former Detroit Lions players spoke out after the organization fired head coach Matt Patricia on Saturday. Detroit Lions head coach Matt Patricia’s days appeared to be numbered following their 41-25 loss to the Houston Texans on Thanksgiving Day. Everyone knew he was on the hot seat, but it was a matter of when,
After the firing of Matt Patricia, the Detroit Lions should consider one of these coaches as the franchise’s next head coach. Matt Patricia was expected to bring the Patriot way from Foxborough to the Motor City when he was hired by the Detroit Lions. Instead, his engine blew out, leading to a dark tenure for
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
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.
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
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’
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 —