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Mitch Albom: Detroit Lions becoming Patriots West. The New New England

Dave Birkett breaks down the busy first day of free agency for the Detroit Lions on Monday, March 11, 2019. Detroit Free Press

Send in the beans. Start changing your accent. It’s Faaahd Field. It’s the Blue and Silvah. The Detroit Lions hit free agency Monday like a battering ram hits a piñata, and what fell loose were many intriguing pieces, most of them with one phrase in common:

“Former New England Patriot.”

The Lions now have more ex-Pats than the Cayman Islands. They added Trey Flowers, the coveted defensive end and former Patriot.