LeGarrette Blount may have given Matt Patricia headaches a mere month ago when the two faced off in Super Bowl LII, but the bond between the two was instrumental in bringing the veteran running back to the Detroit Lions.
Blount had a teleconference with the Detroit media on Monday, and he credits Patricia as a big reason he joined the Lions.
LeGarrette Blount in conference call now w/Detroit reporters said his relationship with Matt Patricia was paramount in signing. "it’s a lot more comforting...when you’re signing somewhere to a team that has a coaching staff that has the relationship that me and Matty P has"
— Dave Birkett (@davebirkett) March 19, 2018
Blount, of course, is speaking to his days as a New England Patriot.