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Detroit Lions missed Matt Patricia's arrest and indictment. Here's why.

Dave Birkett, Shawn Windsor and Carlos Monarrez break down Matt Patricia’s introductory news conference as the new Detroit Lions coach.

Joe Banner ran two coaching searches as president of the Philadelphia Eagles, and two more as CEO of the Cleveland Browns.

And while most people can’t fathom how the Detroit Lions failed to uncover Matt Patricia’s 1996 arrest during their month long coaching search, Banner had an entirely different response when he stumbled across the news Thursday morning on Twitter.

“My reaction when I saw it was, ‘Oh my God, this could have happened to me,’ ” Banner said.