ALLEN PARK Travis Fulgham Detroit Lions Jersey , Mich. (AP) — Matt Patricia wants the Detroit Lions to stay the course.The Lions have lost three games in a row — all by double digits — and are mired in last place. Their most recent defeat was an ugly one. Detroit fell behind 26-0 in the second quarter and eventually lost 34-22 at Chicago on Sunday.Patricia’s first season as coach has been a disappointment so far, and if he has any easy, quick fixes at his disposal, he wasn’t sharing them in his Monday news conference.“No time to feel sorry for ourselves,” Patricia said. “We have to just keep working and getting better.”Offensive lineman Taylor Decker sounded a similar refrain.“You’ve just got to play better,” Decker said. “At the end of the day, you’ve just got to perform better. I know that sounds cliche. It’s a simple answer, but it’s not easy to do.”The Lions (3-6) lost their first two games of the season, then fought back to a 3-3 mark before this current losing skid. They traded receiver Golden Tate before going on the road to face Minnesota and Chicago, and Detroit never led in either of those games.The past two games have been particularly rough from a pass protection standpoint. Detroit allowed 10 sacks against the Vikings and six against the Bears.“Whatever the situation is Travis Fulgham Jersey 2019 , whatever the score is, we have to play better as an offensive line. We have to protect the quarterback,” Decker said. “Six sacks isn’t something that’s going to be acceptable, and we know that.”So now the Lions are back where they were after those first two losses — playing catch-up. Only now, they don’t have a long season still in front of them. Detroit’s next three games are at home, but all are against teams with winning records in Carolina, Chicago and the Los Angeles Rams.The Lions fired special teams coordinator Joe Marciano last week, but Patricia indicated no more staff changes are imminent. He said communication between him and the players is good.“I think we understand (that) we’re working hard to try to get everything the right way. There’s not a big discussion about it, there’s not a big confrontation or anything like that. I don’t know where any of that really comes from outside the building,” Patricia said.“Inside the building Travis Fulgham Jersey Mens , we’re just trying to get better. We really are just working really hard to make sure we’re doing the right things and trying to find different ways, if we have to, to get those things done.”Detroit went 9-7 last season and then fired coach Jim Caldwell, so that makes the decline in 2018 even more alarming. Quarterback Matthew Stafford turned 30 earlier this year, and although the Lions traded Tate — a potential free agent at season’s end — for a draft pick, this franchise doesn’t seem as if it’s in a rebuilding mode.That means the rest of this season is significant. Whether they make the playoffs or not, the Lions need to show some progress — some reason for fans to trust that this roster and this coach are better than what the team has shown so far.“I believe in this team and we’re going to work real hard every single day,” Patricia said. “I think the guys in that room, I have a great understanding of what they are and what we’re going to do as a team. We’re not hitting the panic button or anything like that right now. We’re just trying to get better.”NOTES: P Sam Martin didn’t go into much detail about the medical issue that sent him to the hospital, other than to say he’s fine and will play this coming weekend. He said he got blocked during a return Sunday. … The Lions waived CB Lenzy Pipkins. Look out Youth Travis Fulgham Jersey , Tom Brady and the rest of the old heads. The young guns are moving in.Every NFL game in Week 4 featured at least one starting quarterback age 26 or younger. There has already been a total of 52 such games this season, the most through four weeks of a season in league history. The previous high was 48 in 1987.That happened after 20 quarterbacks age 26 or younger started in Week 3, most ever in one week.Brady (42), Philip Rivers (37), Aaron Rodgers (35), Matt Ryan (34), Joe Flacco (34), Matthew Stafford (31), Kirk Cousins (31), Andy Dalton (31) and Russell Wilson (30) are the remaining starters in their 30s. Chase Daniel (32) is filling in for the injured Mitchell Trubisky this week.Drew Brees (40) White Travis Fulgham Jersey , Ben Roethlisberger (37) and Cam Newton (30) are injured. Eli Manning (38), Ryan Fitzpatrick (36) and Case Keenum (31) were benched.The NFL is in good hands moving forward with Patrick Mahomes, Carson Wentz, Dak Prescott, Baker Mayfield and Jared Goff.Here’s a look inside more entering Week 5:IMPRESSIVE ALLEN: Carolina’s Kyle Allen joined Wentz as the only quarterbacks to go 3-0 with zero interceptions in their first three career starts.PICK IT: Patriots defensive back Devin McCourty is the first player in franchise history and the first in the NFL since Minnesota’s Brian Russell in 2003 to record an interception in each of his team’s first four games of a season. Russell’s record streak was six.300 CLUB: Mahomes and Ryan have thrown for at least 300 yards in each of their four games. Only Peyton Manning (five), Steve Young (six) and Kurt Warner (six) had longer streaks to start a season.DUAL THREAT: Baltimore’s Lamar Jackson is tied for the league lead with 10 touchdown passes and also leads all quarterbacks with 238 yards rushing yards.ONLY JERRY AHEAD: Arizona’s Larry Fitzgerald moved ahead of Tony Gonzalez into second place on the all-time list with 1,326 career receptions. Only Pro Football Hall of Famer Jerry Rice has more with 1,549.SELECT COMPANY: Panthers running back Christian McCaffrey joined Pro Football Hall of Famer Jim Brown as the only players in league history with three games of at least 175 scrimmage yards and one TD in their team’s first four games of a season.ELITE GROUP: Frank Gore became the fourth player in league history to rush for 15,000 yards, joining Pro Football Hall of Famers Emmitt Smith (18 Danny Amendola Jersey ,355), Walter Payton (16,726) and Barry Sanders (15,269).
