This team has been an utter embarrassment for far too long and it is clear ownership is complacent with this team's performance and has no intention of changing. The Players deserve better - THE FANS DESERVE BETTER. 

This is evident by the lack of competence, direction, and urgency from the top down.

First and foremost is the head coach - Matt Patricia. He was hired on after letting Jim Caldwell go for "not being good enough". The last season of Caldwell's tenure, he went 9-7. Through three seasons, Patricia is 13-27-1. It's clear the team has regressed. He was hired as a "defensive guru". He has one of the worst defenses in the league. These past two weeks, he made Alex Smith and PJ Walker look like two Hall-of-famers. They lost 20-0 to a team without their starting QB and star RB. The team looked like they gave up. They failed to reach the red zone even once. This is really all that needs to be said - this should be grounds enough for firing.

Then there's the GM - Bob Quinn. This guy wouldn't know talent if it him on the chin. Aside for enabling Patricia to continue on as head coach, he may be the worst drafter in team history. He mismanaged this roster to historic proportions: He let Slay, Diggs, Fulgham, Glasgow, etc. go for nothing. He created his own holes on the roster to replace them with draft picks and over-paid free agents that haven't panned out (Okudah, Hockenson, Vitai, Trufant, to name a few). He drafted Jahlani Tavai in the 2019 2nd round, a "starting middle linebacker". He went three consecutive games without recording a tackle. He drafted Teez Tabor in the 2017 2nd round, a guy he "never spent more time scouting in his career". He's no longer in the league. Okudah and Trufant are two of the worst cornerbacks in the league this year according to advanced stats. Look at who they could've drafted in the second round over some of their picks. Just like Calvin Johnson, Matt Stafford's career is being wasted. It is clear that Bob Quinn is a pretender. He needs to go.

And last but not least - there's the ownership, you guys. Not only are you clueless to what these guys are doing to your franchise, you don't show any remorse or competency when it comes to owning a football team. You are the common denominator in the team's 30-straight seasons without a playoff appearance. You are being robbed from right under your noses by Quinn and Patricia and continue to just sit there and take it. It's lunacy - this seems like a weekend hobby to you and we've had enough.

Please consider selling this team to someone who gives a damn. The fans deserve an ownership group that will take this team seriously and knows a little something about football. You have done enough for this city, and it's time to give the fans what they deserve. This is the only way that this can be accomplished.

Sincerely,

an average Lions fan.