The Facts: The Lions selected Matt Patricia as their next HC. A former collegiate offensive lineman, there’s a familiarity with both sides of the ball, but he’s built his reputation coaching defense. Still, he believes he has something to offer Stafford that could further elevate the quarterback’s performance. “I would hope that maybe I could come in and give him a little bit different perspective,” Patricia said at this week’s league meetings.

Diehards Line:Patricia further explained: “Maybe something from my point of view from playing against him a couple times, and just certain things that I look at when we're going against other quarterbacks that might help him out. Maybe some different ways to look at defense, from that standpoint. Try to look at some different alignments or different coverages or different fronts, and then help him from that standpoint.” The last time the Lions made a coaching change, they loaded the staff up with experienced quarterback tutors who could take Stafford’s game to the next level. Four years later, his completion percentage is up, his mistakes are down and it’s fair to say that goal was achieved. The No. 1 pick in the 2009 draft, Stafford is preparing to enter his 10th season with the Lions. He’s coming off a third straight campaign where he completed better than 65 percent of his passes to go along with 29 touchdowns and 10 interceptions.