Ricky Jean Francois had one wish for Matt Patricia after Patricia got his first win as Detroit Lions coach Sunday night at Ford Field.
“I will pray he gets some sleep tonight,” Jean Francois said after the game. “Now that we won the game, now he can go to sleep.”
Jean Francois said Patricia’s notorious work ethic kicks into overdrive after losses, when “that man is up 21 hours a day in” the Lions’ Allen Park practice facility.
Patricia declined Monday to say how many hours of sleep he got after the game, insisting, “It doesn’t matter.