ALLEN PARK -- Matt Patricia didn't roll into town looking to blow smoke up anyone's you-know-what. He wasn't here to make promises he couldn't keep. And he definitely wasn't here to talk about the Super Bowl.
He could have. People would have eaten it up too. The Detroit Lions have never been to one. He was in one three days ago, and a few others before that. He could have talked about how he believes the Lions are close, and this town would have eaten that kind of thing up.
Even his predecessor, the mild-mannered Jim Caldwell, did it in 2014.