It’s putting it mildly to say that Matt Patricia has had a rough tenure with the Detroit Lions. His woeful .314 winning percentage (13-29-1) is fourth-worst in franchise history among coaches who made it to 20 games. (He’s ahead of Marty Mornhinweg at .156, Rod Marinelli at .208 and Darryl Rogers at .310 — the definition of “damning with faint praise,” if ever there was one.) He's 0-3 on Thanksgiving. He's 2-13 against the NFC North. They've never won three in a row under him. The list goes on and on.
It all started so brightly, though, with a pick-six on the first play of his debut against the New York Jets to take a 7-0 lead on national TV on Sept.