MINNEAPOLIS -- There’s an old football saying that you are what your record says you are. Seemingly everyone has used it. Even Detroit Lions general manager Bob Quinn, when he fired Jim Caldwell two seasons ago, said he takes “full ownership” of his record.
That record, at the time, was 18-14 in the 2016 and 2017 seasons. All of that makes Matt Patricia’s postgame comments Sunday intriguing. In a league in which a coach’s record often defines him and spells the reality about a franchise, Patricia essentially said that is not what is going on in Detroit.