{"id":23482,"date":"2025-05-19T22:37:26","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T22:37:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=23482"},"modified":"2025-05-19T22:37:26","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T22:37:26","slug":"breaking-news-former-lion-gives-fans-another-reason-to-dislike-ex-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=23482","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING NEWS : Former Lion Gives Fans Another Reason to Dislike Ex-Coach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_0,w_3121,h_1755\/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images\/ImagnImages\/mmsport\/196\/01jvn82m0zggf4pfwy30.jpg\" alt=\"Dec 29, 2019; Detroit, Michigan, USA; Detroit Lions cornerback Darius Slay (23) looks up before the game against the Green Bay Packers at Ford Field. Mandatory Credit: Raj Mehta-Imagn Images\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-0\">The vibes are higher than they\u2019ve ever been for the Detroit Lions entering the 2025 season. As Super Bowl contenders for the third straight year, Dan Campbell has successfully built a winning culture for a team that was perennially the doormat for the NFC North for decades, and it has everyone optimistic about what they can accomplish.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\">But before Campbell\u2019s arrival, there was a much different tone. The Lions were losing games in bunches and were trying to make the most out of Matthew Stafford\u2019s final years in Detroit. One of the biggest villains at the time was former head coach Matt Patricia, and the disdain for the Bill Belichick disciple still lingers among the fan base.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"inline-text-2\">Former Lions Player Details Conflict Between Matt Patricia and Darius Slay<\/h2>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\">While it hurts to look back, former Lions fullback Jason Cabinda did so while appearing on the State Media podcast. Cabinda told a story from Patricia\u2019s first season back in 2018 when the Lions hosted a joint practice with the New York Giants, and Patricia targeted All-Pro cornerback Darius Slay for chatting and taking photos with Odell Beckham Jr. after the session.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Odell was getting the better of Slay during practices\u2026and after the practice, you know, Slay is chopping up with Odell, they taking pictures and all that type of stuff. Matty P didn\u2019t like that. You know that they were shaking hands, taking pictures after himself. So Matty P comes in and makes up a little compilation of the routes that Odell beat Slay on, and was showing it in the team meeting room with the pointer. So Slay was getting cooked by Odell and after he finishes showing the plays with his f\u2014&#8211;g laser pointer, he\u2019s like \u2018Is this your best friend? Is this your guy?\u2019 Like, basically challenging him like \u2018Why are you shaking hands with this guy after? Like, \u2018That\u2019s the enemy\u2019 type of vibe.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"qme\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83c\udfa5\u2935\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BUCZ6fduAB\">https:\/\/t.co\/BUCZ6fduAB<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UpctgGSvwn\">pic.twitter.com\/UpctgGSvwn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; State Media (@StateMediaPSU) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StateMediaPSU\/status\/1924476524385718334?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 19, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\">Slay was a Pro Bowl cornerback at the time with the Lions and one of Detroit\u2019s best players overall. He spent seven years with the Lions after he was taken in the second round of the 2013 NFL Draft and had two of his best seasons in Patricia\u2019s first two years, grabbing five interceptions and defending 30 passes. Still, the two didn\u2019t have the best relationship, and moments like the Beckham film session made things worse.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\">\u201cIt was very much an embarrassing tactic type of deal,\u201d Cabinda said. \u201cAnd Slay was not having that s\u2014 at all. Like, that was, like, for sure, the worst way Matty P could have handled that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\">Slay wound up getting traded in 2020 and spent the next five seasons with the Philadelphia Eagles. When Patricia was fired after the 2020 season, he spent two years with the New England Patriots as a senior defensive advisor before joining Nick Sirianni\u2019s staff as a senior defensive assistant in 2023.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-9\">While the two have reconciled since their days in Detroit, Lions fans won\u2019t forget. Patricia went 13-29-1 in his three seasons as head coach and posted the fourth-lowest winning percentage (.314) in franchise history among coaches with at least 30 games.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-10\">All is well that ends well, as Patricia\u2019s ineptitude helped the Lions hire Campbell in 2021. But it doesn\u2019t heal the old wounds that their old coach left behind.<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The vibes are higher than they\u2019ve ever been for the Detroit Lions entering the 2025 season. 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