The Detroit Lions looked different and practiced different in Matt Patricia’s first offseason as head coach.
The volume was different, too.
Those were the most obvious things we learned in the offseason program. Change was coming, and it arrived as expected.
Patricia was more vocal than his predecessor, Jim Caldwell, and the practice tempo was faster, with less down time. Patricia even had the players run after practice.
Running sprints used to be a staple in the relatively old days of the NFL. It sparked some bizarre commentary on the World Weird Web, but also revived a memory of Barry Sanders that is shared at the end of this column.