4. Detroit Lions
Current Lions Head Coach Matt Patricia must be counting down his days, because it seems he will be searching for a new job in the near future. A stat that almost every Lions fan has seen an unhealthy amount of times is the one about his record.
In four seasons as the head coach Patricia has a record of 11-25-1. To put that into context, the previous Lions head coach Jim Caldwell had a record of 36-28 in his four years with the team.
Former Lions quarterback Dan Orlovsky expressed frustration with Patricia and the Lions on ESPN a few weeks ago in the clip below, which perfectly described the way many Lions fans felt:
“To come in and say that you had a lot of work to do is completely false. It’s a bunch of trash!”
— UNSPORTSMANLIKE Radio (@UnSportsESPN) October 5, 2020
Former Lions QB @danorlovsky7 RIPPED head coach Matt Patricia for his post-game comments about what the team was like that he inherited from Jim Caldwell. #KJZ pic.twitter.com/TigGSjI2WY
For now, it’s just a matter of being a waiting game between Patricia alongside General Manager Bob Quinn and the new owner Sheila Ford Hamp.
They’ve been drafting well in recent years, but the on field product has fallen into the typical category of “same ‘ol Lions”. There hasn’t been hope in the horizon for quite some time.
Barring a remarkable turnaround this year, which is not so out of the question with the NFC North not playing up to par and the Lions having an average schedule the rest of the way, the Lions are going to have to find a new head coach to try and turn this team around.
The Lions are going to have to tear everything down. Again.