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Jeff Seidel

Martha Ford, listen up: Detroit Lions are getting buried by excuses, Matt Patricia and Bob Quinn

MINNEAPOLIS _ After the Detroit Lions' season went from ugly to cover-your-face embarrassing.

After they lost their sixth-straight game, getting rolled by the Minnesota Vikings, 20-7, on Sunday.

Somehow, Lions coach Matt Patricia and general manager Bob Quinn still have their jobs.

That can mean only one thing: Lions owner Martha Ford has been conned into believing the excuses. Because right now, the Lions have more excuses than victories.

Otherwise, these guys would have been fired already.

So it's time to address some of these excuses.

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