Alright everyone just calm down. If you made it to this point—and I’m talking about the first paragraph here—I’m proud of you. You didn’t simply get upset without hearing me out.
This is something I’ve been thinking about for a few weeks now. When the Lions fired Jim Caldwell after the 2017 season, the idea behind the move was that 9-7 was no longer good enough and it was time to make a change and take that next step. In walked Matt Patricia to great excitement. Nine losses later and the Lions are eliminated from the playoffs and looking strongly at the possibility of a top-five draft pick in April.