The Lions are a failed regime, with little-to-no confidence in head coach Matt Patricia and reviews for general manager Bob Quinn all over the map. Depending on how you spin it, Quinn is on his second coach, which is usually the end of the leash for a general manager in the NFL. Quinn elected to keep Jim Caldwell when he was first hired, but it was a move many perceived as due to pressure from owner Martha Firestone Ford.
As it stands now, Patricia and Quinn are tied together with matching contracts, and it’s no secret that Quinn hired Patricia as “his guy.