KEY QUESTIONS: What did Patricia think of Okudah's debut?: https://www.detroitlions.com/news/key-questions-what-did-patricia-think-of-okudah-s-debut
3 things we learned: Jesse James trending toward worst contract of Bob Quinn era: https://www.mlive.com/lions/2020/09/3-things-we-learned-jesse-james-trending-toward-worst-contract-of-bob-quinn-era.html
Detroit Lions are keeping the faith despite disappointingly familiar results on defense: https://www.mlive.com/lions/2020/09/detroit-lions-are-keeping-the-faith-despite-disappointingly-familiar-results-on-defense.html
Lions' Patricia: 'We're close' on Golladay returning: https://www.freep.com/story/sports/nfl/lions/2020/09/21/detroit-lions-kenny-golladay-injury-update-matt-patricia/5859688002/
Detroit Lions lineman shifts blame from Matt Patricia to 'everybody': https://www.freep.com/story/sports/nfl/lions/2020/09/21/detroit-lions-frank-ragnow-matt-patricia/5860168002/
Patricia shoots down report Lions had draft-day division with Jeff Okudah selection: https://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports/nfl/lions/2020/09/21/patricia-shoots-down-report-lions-had-draft-day-division-jeff-okudah-selection/5859023002/
Lions' problems are 'from the neck up,' LB Reggie Ragland says: https://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports/nfl/lions/2020/09/21/detroit-lions-problems-from-neck-up-lb-reggie-ragland-says/5859454002/
Mike Valenti Makes Bold Claims about Jeff Okudah: https://www.si.com/nfl/lions/news/mike-valenti-says-okudah-has-attitude-issues
Will Matt Patricia Change His Defensive Scheme?: https://www.si.com/nfl/lions/news/will-matt-patricia-change-detroit-lions-defense
Detroit Lions' Week 2 Offensive Grades: https://www.si.com/nfl/lions/news/lions-week-2-offensive-grades-
Time is running out on Matthew Stafford in Detroit: https://www.radio.com/971theticket/sports/detroit-lions/time-is-running-out-on-matthew-stafford-and-the-lions
NFL's 0-2 teams were once doomed. Now they have hope: https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2020/09/21/nfl-0-2-teams-hope-expanded-playoffs/5851156002/
Matt Patricia Is the Dave Magadan of Football Coaches: https://www.thebiglead.com/posts/matt-patricia-dave-magadan-football-coaches-lions-losses-fired-01ejrc7x92tk
$.10 After 2020 NFL Week 2 ($.05--I don't typically devote a cent here to the Detroit Lions. I get enough misery in my life covering the Lions on a daily basis as the managing editor for Lions Wire. But Sunday's performance in Green Bay offered me a compelling need to spread the misery to those outside the Lions den. The Lions lost 42-21 despite dominating the first quarter in racing out to a 14-3 lead. It was the fourth straight game, dating back to last season, that Matt Patricia's Lions held a double-digit lead at one point in the game only to lose. They're the first team in the 100-year history of the NFL to pull off that dubious feat. This one was particularly embarrassing for Patricia, now in his third season at the controls in Detroit. Patricia's teams are getting worse at the things he's supposed to excel at, namely defense and discipline. Several critical, preventable penalties -- including two personal foul penalties on safety Will Harris on one drive -- started the Packers avalanche that shamefully buried Detroit. Patricia's passive, coverage-over-rush emphasis on defense is so basic that a Madden video game sim wouldn't even allow it with its simple AI. Giving Aaron Rodgers enough time to film State Farm commercials in the pocket is a terrible strategy, but that's all Patricia knows how to do. The Packers eviscerated the defense with simple concepts, easily isolating the matchups they wanted with motion and bunch formations. Patricia's defense never adjusted or tried to attack, not even with the Packers playing three backup offensive linemen for a stretch of the game. It's harsh to call for a coaching change after just two weeks, but the prior two seasons never gave any indication Patricia was worth keeping this long. His team is markedly worse after 34 games than it was when he took over, and the hopeful Honolulu Blue Kool-Aid has all flowed down the drain.): https://football.realgm.com/analysis/3280/$10-After-2020-NFL-Week-2
Grades:
Detroit Lions' Week 2 Offensive Grades: https://www.si.com/nfl/lions/news/lions-week-2-offensive-grades-
2021 NFL Draft:
NFL Draft Stock Report: Pauline’s Week 3 Risers and Sliders: https://www.profootballnetwork.com/nfl-draft-stock-week-3-risers-sliders/
NFL draft winners and losers: Why Trevor Lawrence's dimes vs. The Citadel actually matter: https://sports.yahoo.com/nfl-draft-winners-and-losers-why-trevor-lawrences-dimes-vs-the-citadel-actually-matter-191109985.html
College Football: PFF’s Heisman rankings through Week 3: https://www.pff.com/news/college-football-pff-heisman-rankings-through-week-3
Draft QB Watch: King shines in debut: https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/2021-nfl-draft-qb-stock-watch-deriq-king-shines-in-debut-trevor-lawrence-dominates-again-and-more/
2021 NFL Draft WR Watch: Jonathan Adams among big sleepers from smaller programs getting chance to turn heads: https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft/news/2021-nfl-draft-wr-watch-jonathan-adams-among-big-sleepers-from-smaller-programs-getting-chance-to-turn-heads/
2021 NFL Draft RB Stock Watch: Cam'Ron Harris, Javian Hawkins produce fireworks in ranked showdown: https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft/news/2021-nfl-draft-rb-stock-watch-camron-harris-javian-hawkins-produce-fireworks-in-ranked-showdown/
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