The Detroit Lions let a Thanksgiving Day game against the Texans turn into a blowout with two quick fourth-quarter touchdowns to drop to 4-7 on the season. Two days later, the Lions announced that embattled head coach Matt Patricia has been relieved of his duties, and general manager Bob Quinn is also out, signaling a complete reset for the franchise.
Patricia, who served as Bill Belichick’s defensive coordinator in New England before landing his first head coaching job with the Lions, leaves the job with a career record of 13-29-1. He won six games in his first year with the Lions, but just three in 2019, and was headed for a third consecutive finish at the bottom of the NFC North. Quinn has served as the Lions’ GM since January 2016.
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all Lions player’s careers rn pic.twitter.com/GvrKyb5U7R
— Warren Sharp (@SharpFootball) November 28, 2020
Every time my dad gets a new cable box, he thinks his TV is broken and fuzzy. Every time, the issue is that he’s only connected coaxial cable instead of an HDMI cable, because that’s how it worked 25 years ago.
That’s the exact energy the Detroit Lions had under Matt Patricia. https://t.co/RZKJ31dqTh
— Bill Barnwell (@billbarnwell) November 28, 2020
Lions players logging on to launch an emergency zoom pic.twitter.com/se5DknyELR
— Warren Sharp (@SharpFootball) November 28, 2020
The Lions have had 16 men coach the team for 10+ games since 1957.
NONE OF THEM have a higher win percentage than Jim Caldwell (.563).
Jim Caldwell was let go to hire Matt Patricia (.321 win %) pic.twitter.com/a6KJismfus
— NFLonCBS (@NFLonCBS) November 23, 2020
Bob Quinn and Matt Patricia are fired. Lions fans rejoice. pic.twitter.com/KAaVlpJSJS
— Drunk Matt Prater (@DrunkMattyP) November 28, 2020
How the Lions did Matt Patricia pic.twitter.com/4qMBNQ0soK
— Josiah Johnson (@KingJosiah54) November 28, 2020
ITS OVER! pic.twitter.com/XtfM7dag6o
— Jack Krumm (@Jpekius) November 28, 2020
Lions fans pic.twitter.com/rGj1WgbFfc
— Todd Fuhrman (@ToddFuhrman) November 28, 2020
