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Lions' Matt Patricia: Team Will Talk Football Again When Ready Amid Protests

Detroit Lions head coach Matt Patricia isn't going to put a timeline on when his team will go back to talking about football and the upcoming season.

Per Sports Illustrated's Albert Breer, Patricia noted the ongoing unrest in the country as a result of the George Floyd killing led to the Lions adjusting their offseason plans to put football on the backburner:

"When everyone's ready to talk and move in that direction of football, we'll move when the team wants to move. I think the one thing to understand there—we won't move away from the conversation.