After having completed rookie minicamp and OTA’s, the Detroit Lions held their first mandatory minicamp this past week and the difference between it and the past few seasons under Jim Caldwell was rather stark.
The Matt Patricia we all previously saw from a distance who wandered the New England Patriots sidelines with unfettered intensity, like a swashbuckling pirate preparing to board another unsuspecting ship, is now running the Lions’ practices.
And using language that may even make actual pirates blush.
Now granted this isn’t any different from what we have seen in limited opportunities so far or had confirmed by players early on, but with the whole minicamp this past week open to the media, that means we have had almost a whole week to sort of see what would have to be considered the ‘new’ normal for Lions practices.