Matt Patricia: I’m going to work everyday to try to earn my job

The Lions entered Sunday’s game with a chance to tie their record at 5-5 against a Panthers team on a five-game losing streak and starting a quarterback who last started a game in the XFL.

It might have seemed like a dream scenario for a team to achieve victory, but it turned into a nightmare for the Lions. They racked up 185 yards of attack, never moved the ball into the red zone and finished 20-0 losers on the final whistle.

This was the third time in the past four weeks that the Lions have lost at least 14 points and that will only make head coach Matt Patricia’s seat warmer. He is now 13-28-1 as the team’s head coach and there are few signs that things are moving in the right direction.

“I think again for us, we sort of focus a week at a time and all that,” Patricia said, via Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press. “I’ve had a philosophy for a long time, I’m going to work every day to try and earn my job. I mean, that’s exactly what I do. It doesn’t matter if it’s coaching, engineering, I don’t care if I’m in school. So listen, I’m just gonna work and work hard. We all know that. We know we’re in the NFL, and that’s what it is. We have to get better. “

The effort is important, but it doesn’t mean much without execution and Patricia’s Lions teams have never done well on this front. Unless a full turnaround begins on Thanksgiving, it seems more likely that another coach will be tasked with changing that in 2021.