As Patriots senior football advisor/offensive line coach Matt Patricia prepares to face his old team on Sunday, some of his former players weighed in on his new role with New England.
Patricia, who began as an offensive assistant with the Patriots in 2004 before moving to the defensive side and eventually becoming New England’s defensive coordinator between 2012 and 2017, was the Lions’ head coach from 2018 to 2020. He and general manager Bob Quinn were fired in November of the 2020 season.
In his two-plus years with Detroit, Patricia compiled a record of 13-29-1. His tenure was marked by a decline following his first season, as well as numerous run-ins with the media and a sexual assault indictment from 1996 that resurfaced before Patricia coached his first game with Detroit.