This week, the stuff Patricia was writing down was different.
There’s nothing on defending outside-zone runs, or how efficient Matthew Stafford might be off play action, or how Detroit plans to take advantage of the new injured-reserve rules that the league passed this week. Instead, Patricia’s taken stock of what his players have been telling him in light of George Floyd’s killing, how they’ve been hurting and healing, how their different backgrounds affect how the last week has hit them and, really, how they’ve gone deep into who they are.
This time around, Patricia is not adding to what he already knows.