Four Down Territory: Bearing Fruit

Third Down

You know what; let’s talk about another branch in the Belichick tree.

Matt Patricia

The Lions coach got to his postgame press conference after losing to the Saints and fixed his mouth to talk recklessy.

Let the record show that before the Lions fired Jim Caldwell he went 21-15 in his last 36 games. Patricia has gone 10-25-1 in his first 36 games as Lions coach and that’s AFTER getting the gig while the Eagles hung 41 on his defense in the Super Bowl.

Since Patricia took over the Lions in 2018 his “vaunted defensive mind” has given up 24.45 points per game. That’s going to go up if they keep the current pace of 32.8 points per game going for the rest of the year.

Not only are Patricia’s remarks tone deaf; it’s just not true.

Dan Orlovsky, former Lions backup QB during Caldwell’s tenure turned ESPN analyst, had some strong words for the coach.

It’s one thing to be a bad coach; it’s another thing to be a bad coach and a jerk. We’ve seen one former Patriot coach fired before week six. Patricia might be the second.

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