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Firings not a shock: 'We're held to a standard'

Detroit Lions players Eric Ebron and Glover Quin discuss the team's recent firings while in London. Video by Dave Birkett / DFP

HERTSFORDSHIRE, England -- Rashean Mathis has been around the NFL long enough to know when change is near.

He was with the Jacksonville Jaguars in 2011, when they fired head coach Jack Del Rio midway through a disappointing 5-11 season, and with the Detroit Lions two years ago, when ownership decided to part ways with head coach Jim Schwartz.

So the veteran cornerback wasn't the least bit surprised when Lions coach Jim Caldwell fired three offensive coaches, including coordinator Joe Lombardi, earlier this week.