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Coach Matt Patricia couldn’t deliver a playoff berth in his first season with the Detroit Lions Womens Kenny Golladay Jersey , but he gave his players the next best thing on Monday.A day off.It was Victory Monday without the victory in Allen Park, as the players didn’t have organized meetings the day before their regular day off Tuesday for Christmas Day.Patricia has had a rocky start to his tenure in Detroit, but Monday’s day off was another signal of his attempts to build rapport with players.“It’s different than a normal week,” Patricia said Monday on a conference call. “With the holiday, we’re trying to do the right thing with that and be respectful with everybody. It’s a little bit of a different day for us today, but that’s OK. We tend to handle schedule change each year a lot.”It’s the latest sign of Patricia trying to gain the respect of his players despite a rocky rookie season.After Sunday’s 27-9 loss in the home finale against Minnesota, the Lions are 5-10 and clinched last place in the NFC North for the first time since 2012. Only draft positioning is on the line Sunday at Green Bay (6-8-1).The Lions are slotted at No. 5 in the draft order heading into the finale — not exactly what fans expected after former coach Jim Caldwell was fired after going 9-7 last season.Two of Caldwell’s four regular seasons as head coach ended with games against Green Bay that had playoff positioning on the line.As the long season winds down, linebacker Jarrad Davis said after Sunday’s game that Patricia had a personal message for him in the locker room.“He just told me to enjoy my family. It’s the Christmas season, we’re in the Christmas spirit,” Davis said. “This is a piece of life right now. It’s my life http://www.lionslockerroom.com/authentic-dwayne-washington-jersey , but at the same time, it’s just a little small piece. So, just enjoy my family, have a good time and we’ll get back to work next week and move forward.”Patricia has often talked about how much he cares about his players, particularly when asked about injuries, which piled on his team this season at key spots.“The guys in that locker room and us as coaches, we all care about each other a lot,” Patricia said Sunday. “We certainly at least try to keep that in perspective. When you’re in situations where you have an opportunity to kind of — you just make sure everybody’s doing OK and check in.”The defense was solid for the most part on Sunday, but gave up a desperation pass to close the first half as tight end Kyle Rudolph caught a 44-yard heave from Kirk Cousins for a touchdown.The struggles for the Detroit offense continued Sunday with the Lions failing to score more than 17 points for the fifth straight game under maligned offensive coordinator Jim Bob Cooter.The Lions are missing wide receiver Marvin Jones and running back Kerryon Johnson down the stretch because of injuries, and leading receiver Golden Tate was traded midseason to Philadelphia.At 3 Womens Tracy Walker Jersey ,511 passing yards with one game left, quarterback Matthew Stafford will likely fall short of 4,000 for the first time since 2010, when he played three games because of an injury. Stafford averaged more than 4,500 yards over the previous seven seasons and had fallen short of 4,000 twice in his first nine seasons.Stafford was 18 of 32 for 116 yards Sunday and was replaced with 4:10 left by Matt Cassel, who was welcomed by cheers at Ford Field.“I just want to win games,” Stafford said. “And when you don’t do it, it’s frustrating. We put a lot of work into it. The coaches, the players Womens Da'Shawn Hand Jersey , all the support staff, we put a ton of work into this. We don’t just roll the ball out there on Sundays and hope for the best.”NOTE: Former Lions general manager Matt Millen underwent a heart transplant early Monday, according to multiple reports.The 60-year-old Millen underwent the procedure in a New Jersey hospital after waiting nearly three months for a transplant. Millen has been suffering from amyloidosis, a rare disease where an abnormal protein can attach and deposit into organs, tissues, nerves and other places in the body.Millen was with the Lions from 2001 until 2008 and presided over an 0-16 season in Detroit. Every week, we’ll use a song to describe our feeling or the Lions’ performance from the previous game. At the end of the year, we’ll have a complete Spotify playlist telling the story of the Lions’ 2018 season. You can check out the 2017 playlist here, and our explanations for our choices here.Forgive me as I’m writing this while the game is still in the fourth quarter and Matt Patricia just used all three of his timeouts just so that they can dial up a quarterback sneak with under a minute to go in the game. I am on edge, and there was nothing positive to take from this game. The offense was a disaster. Everyone was bad. The defense Graham Glasgow Jersey White , despite being very opportunistic with a couple forced turnovers, was still gashed in the run game and struggled to get off the field on third down. And special teams continues to be a major problem with this team. It was ugly.Detroit Lions vs. Minnesota Vikings Song of the Game: “Same Old Thing” by The Black Keys“Oh, oh nohurt me so”This play put the game on ice, and it was the last chance for the offense to get something going while giving them some hope. This is also something that would only happen to the Lions. “You’ve got a callous heartfrom being torn apart...”When the Lions throw the game in embarrassing fashion, you can only feel numb to the pain. Especially after what they’ve done to us over the years. They eat at you and frustrate you all throughout the game, but when it’s all said and done, what can you do? This game was no different than last week against the Seahawks, or their other losses. “...No matter how much love you try to bringjust the same old thing...”As much as I wanted those wins to turn into something real, I think the Lions have at least another year or two before they become contenders. There are just too many holes on defense and there is going to be a lot of turnover and growing pains heading into next year. The offense looks pretty good on paper, but they’re going to need to do a better job of keeping Matthew Stafford safe. And Stafford is going to need to shake off whatever it is that’s haunting his mind http://www.lionslockerroom.com/authentic-tracy-walker-jersey , because he looks lost on the field. I’m convinced that he is easily confused by good defenses. I’m not losing hope in the future of this team under Patricia, but for now, this year is just going to be the same old thing that we’re used to.(If you don’t see the playlist above, click here.)