LANDOVER, Md. -- Detroit Lions coach Matt Patricia stared off into the distance as he walked slowly toward midfield. It had become an all-too-familiar sight this season, Patricia trudging for the traditional handshake after yet another loss.
It’s been seven times in the last eight games now, after a 19-16 loss to Washington that was perhaps Detroit’s worst overall effort since Patricia’s first game of his tenure, a blowout loss to the New York Jets last season.
This year, like the last one and so many others in franchise history, is now clearly lost.