ALLEN PARK, Mich. – It was, simply, not good enough. The Detroit Lions know that. The team’s head coach, Matt Patricia, knows it and so does his boss, general manager Bob Quinn. What happened during the 2018 season was a multi-level failure.
As multiple players had said over the last few weeks of the team’s 6-10 campaign, Detroit lacked consistency. The Lions didn’t win back-to-back games without a bye in between all year long. The offense sputtered, leading to Jim Bob Cooter’s dismissal. The defense improved as the year progressed, but the bar was so low the first few weeks of the season there was nowhere to go but up.