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Lions mailbag, Part 1: Patricia moves team backward; 2020 defensive outlook

Allen Park — Another week another loss. It's beginning to look like the Detroit Lions won't win another game until 2020. But the question keep flooding in, so buckle up for another mailbag.

u25ba Question: Considering it has taken three years for the 49ers have seen success and Belichick took four years in Cleveland to make the playoffs, plus you wrote a nice article last year explaining we should expect three years before a new defensive scheme will be effective (citing the Bears as an example), shouldn't we give Quinn and Patricia another year?