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Allen Park — The Detroit Lions' defense is giving up an unfathomable amount of yardage, but the thing irking coach Matt Patricia more than anything coming out of Sunday's loss to the Dallas Cowboys is the team's penalty woes.
"Obviously, we want to do the best we can here to clean up the things that are just not really helping us win, things that are getting in the way," Patricia said. "Certainly, we have to take a look at it on tape and make sure we see it and understand it, so that we can hopefully eliminate it.