Patriots' Matt Patricia reportedly will take Lions coaching job not Giants
Matt Patricia
Come fall   Matt Patricia   with pencil tucked firmly behind  his  ear  is likely going to be patrolling some NFL sideline as a head coach. But where?
The New England Patriots defensive coordinator  the hottest name among assistant coaches expected to move up  is moving toward becoming the next coach of the Detroit Lions  according to ESPN in news that is likely to disappoint New York Giants fans.  Patricia   43  and the Lions  however  still have to agree on contract details  something that under NFL rules cannot be done until the Patriots' season ends. New England advanced to the AFC championship game next weekend with a victory Saturday night over Tennessee.
 Patricia  would be joining Bob Quinn  who formerly worked for the Patriots and is now the Lions general manager.
As for the Giants  they'll be in a bit of a pickle if  Patricia  ends up in Detroit. They're also eyeing Josh McDaniels  the Patriots' offensive coordinator  and Pat Shurmur  the Minnesota Vikings' offensive coordinator. McDaniels has emerged as the top choice to replace Chuck Pagano with the Indianapolis Colts  according to the NFL Network's Ian Rapoport  and Shurmur is believed to be the top choice of the Arizona Cardinals after the retirement of Bruce Arians. Like  Patricia   McDaniels and Shurmur cannot finalize contracts until after their teams' seasons end. Shurmur's Vikings play the Saints in a divisional-round game Sunday afternoon.
Detroit might be the most comfortable landing spot for  Patricia   given  his  penchant for tweaking NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell. Better for  him  to not to be just across the river from the NFL's Park Avenue headquarters after wearing a Deflategate T-shirt depicting Goodell as a clown after the Patriots won Super Bowl LI last February.
"I think  Matt  is a great leader.  He 's got a great personality and  he  works  his  tail off " Tom Brady told the New York Daily News on Saturday night. " He 's got a tremendous amount of respect from all the players. Just a great coach. I love  Matt ."
Although  he  had a much ballyhooed sideline argument with McDaniels during a game last fall  Brady has since apologized.
Come fall   [TGT]with pencil tucked firmly behind  [TGT]  ear  is likely going to be patrolling some NFL sideline as a head coach. But where?
The New England Patriots defensive coordinator  the hottest name among assistant coaches expected to move up  is moving toward becoming the next coach of the Detroit Lions  according to ESPN in news that is likely to disappoint New York Giants fans.  Patricia   43  and the Lions  however  still have to agree on contract details  something that under NFL rules cannot be done until the Patriots' season ends. New England advanced to the AFC championship game next weekend with a victory Saturday night over Tennessee.
 [TGT]would be joining Bob Quinn  who formerly worked for the Patriots and is now the Lions general manager.
As for the Giants  they'll be in a bit of a pickle if  [TGT]ends up in Detroit. They're also eyeing Josh McDaniels  the Patriots' offensive coordinator  and Pat Shurmur  the Minnesota Vikings' offensive coordinator. McDaniels has emerged as the top choice to replace Chuck Pagano with the Indianapolis Colts  according to the NFL Network's Ian Rapoport  and Shurmur is believed to be the top choice of the Arizona Cardinals after the retirement of Bruce Arians. Like  Patricia   McDaniels and Shurmur cannot finalize contracts until after their teams' seasons end. Shurmur's Vikings play the Saints in a divisional-round game Sunday afternoon.
Detroit might be the most comfortable landing spot for  [TGT]given  [TGT]  penchant for tweaking NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell. Better for  [TGT]  to not to be just across the river from the NFL's Park Avenue headquarters after wearing a Deflategate T-shirt depicting Goodell as a clown after the Patriots won Super Bowl LI last February.
"I think  Matt  is a great leader.  He 's got a great personality and  he  works  his  tail off " Tom Brady told the New York Daily News on Saturday night. " He 's got a tremendous amount of respect from all the players. Just a great coach. I love  Matt ."
Although  he  had a much ballyhooed sideline argument with McDaniels during a game last fall  Brady has since apologized.