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Bob Quinn was selling Detroit Lions on Matt Patricia 2 years before hiring him

Detroit Lions coach Matt Patricia fields questions from reporters during the NFL meetings in Orlando on Tuesday, March 27, 2018. Video by Dave Birkett/DFP

New Detroit Lions coach Matt Patricia, general manager Bob Quinn and team president Rod Wood spent 45 minutes speaking to season-ticket holders at the team's annual member summit Monday at Ford Field.

While the event is heavily sanitized — all questions are screened ahead of time — it still produced a few interesting tidbits:

Long time coming

How long did Quinn have his eyes on Patricia as the next Lions coach?