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Only 3 head coaches were less aggressive on 4th down than Matt Patricia in 2020

There were a lot of things that Matt Patricia failed to create in Detroit during his three years as the team’s head coach. He failed to establish a defense that could either stop the run or slow down the opposing quarterback. He didn’t create a winning culture that attracted free agents of all types. And most importantly, he failed to build a winner by any stretch of the imagination.

It also turns out he didn’t create a very aggressive mentality when it comes to the Detroit Lions’ 2020 season.

Football Outsiders created a metric for head coaches called the “Aggressiveness Index.