Allen Park — Lions coach Jim Caldwell spoke with owner and chairwoman Martha Firestone Ford at some point after the team's embarrassing 42-17 loss to the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday.
Caldwell wouldn't say whether the conversation happened Sunday, as it typically does, or Monday morning, but whenever it happened, the tone of the message from the Ford family was clear.
"They're not happy, obviously, which you could anticipate and understand very well," Caldwell said during his Monday news conference. "And they were certainly as upset about this game as anybody, like they have been about the entire season.