Lions coach Matt Patricia on scheduled break for Matthew Stafford during training camp, Aug. 11, 2019. Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press
Matt Patricia hasn't been able to be as hands-on with his coaching as he'd like this summer because of the Achilles injury that has restricted him to watching practice from the seat of his ATV.
Whereas Patricia would place himself in the middle of some drills last year, throwing passes to his defensive backs or demonstrating technique for linemen, he has been removed from the action at training camp for safety reasons.
But at the end of Sunday's practice, Patricia was able to let the teacher inside him come out a little when he spent 10 to 15 minutes huddled with the team's linebackers going through corrections from the day's drills.