ALLEN PARK -- Matt Patricia is in charge of the first training camp of his life. He gets to be the one setting the schedule and the tempo and the tone. He chooses the drills, how intense or relaxed any single setting is.
It's a lesson in time management, and it's an adjustment without Bill Belichick overseeing it all.
Chris Spielman visited practice last week and got to take in the day and how Patricia runs it all ahead of calling Detroit's preseason broadcasts. Spielman spent eight training camps with the Lions back in the '80s and '90s, and he said one part of Patricia's practice flow caught his eye.