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Detroit Lions firing Joe Marciano 'byproduct of us not playing well'

A quick recap of the trade the Detroit Lions made on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2018, sending Golden Tate to the Eagles. Kirkland Crawford, Detroit Free Press

Nearly everyone on the Detroit Lions roster plays on special teams, so it’s no surprise Joe Marciano’s firing as special-teams coordinator this week was a wake-up call to much of the locker room.

“It’s obviously something that we take to heart because we were out there as a reflection to him,” said fullback Nick Bellore, one of the Lions’ core special-teams players.