2018 DETROIT LIONS SCHEDULE PRESEASON GAME 1: AT OAKLAND RAIDERS PRESEASON Date: ...............................................................................Friday, August 10 DATE OPPONENT TV TIME/RESULT Kickoff: ................................................................................ 10:30 p.m. ET 8/10 at Oakland Raiders WJBK-TV FOX 2 10:30 p.m. Stadium: ....................................Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum 8/17 NEW YORK GIANTS WJBK-TV FOX 2 7:00 p.m. Capacity: .........................................................................................63,200 8/24 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers CBS# 8:00 p.m. Playing Surface: ..............................................................................Grass 8/30 CLEVELAND BROWNS WJBK-TV FOX 2 7:00 p.m. 2017 Records: .................................................Lions 9-7; Raiders 6-10 TELEVISION REGULAR SEASON Network: ............................................................................ WJBK-TV FOX 2 DATE OPPONENT TV TIME/RESULT Play-By-Play: .....................................................................Matt Shepard 9/10 NEW YORK JETS ESPN# 7:10 p.m. Color: ..................................................................................Chris Spielman 9/16 at San Francisco 49ers FOX 4:05 p.m. Sideline: ...................................................................................... Tori Petry 9/23 NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS NBC# 8:20 p.m. LIONS RADIO NETWORK 9/30 at Dallas Cowboys FOX 1:00 p.m. Flagship: ................................................................................ WJR-760 AM 10/7 GREEN BAY PACKERS FOX 1:00 p.m. Play-By-Play: ........................................................................... Dan Miller 10/14 ***BYE WEEK*** Color: .....................................................................................Lomas Brown 10/21 at Miami Dolphins FOX 1:00 p.m. SERIES INFORMATION 10/28 SEATTLE SEAHAWKS FOX 1:00 p.m. The Lions and Raiders open the 2018 NFL Preseason with a 10:30 11/4 at Minnesota Vikings FOX 1:00 p.m. p.m. ET clash in Oakland. The last time the two teams met in the 11/11 at Chicago Bears FOX 1:00 p.m. preseason was 2014 at Oakland. The most recent regular season 11/18 CAROLINA PANTHERS FOX 1:00 p.m. matchup between the two clubs took place at Ford Field when the 11/22 CHICAGO BEARS CBS# 12:30 p.m. Lions defeated the Raiders 18-13 on November 22, 2015. 12/2 LOS ANGELES RAMS FOX 1:00 p.m. SERIES BY THE NUMBERS 12/9 at Arizona Cardinals FOX 4:25 p.m. Preseason Record vs. Oak: ............................................................. 1-6-0 12/16 at Buffalo Bills FOX 1:00 p.m. Regular Season Record vs. Oak: ...................................................6-6-0 12/23 MINNESOTA VIKINGS FOX 1:00 p.m. Home Record vs. Oak: ......................................................................4-2-0 12/30 at Green Bay Packers FOX 1:00 p.m. Record at Ford Field .........................................................................2-0-0 # Nationally Televised Road Record vs. Oak .........................................................................2-4-0 Record at O.co Coliseum: .................................................................1-3-0 LIONS ONLINE MEDIA GUIDE Last Game (Regular Season): .............Det 18 vs. Oak 13 (11/22/15) Launched in 2016, the Detroit Lions Media Guide is now also available through a new interactive platform on NFLOMG.com. 2017 STATISTICAL COMPARISON Designed to be a one-stop shop for all users, the new online OFFENSE DET Rk OAK Rk media guide features standard media guide information, Points/Game 25.6 7 18.8 8 weekly game releases, in-game player tracking features, as Total Offense 337.8 13 324.1 10 well as statistical reports generated directly from NFL GSIS. Rushing Offense 76.3 32 97.1 23 Passing Offense 261.4 6 226.9 5t USERNAME: Your Email; PASSWORD: LionsMedia 3rd Down Offense % 38.7 17 40.2 7 FOOTBALL COMMUNICATIONS CONTACTS Red Zone Efficiency 56.5 11 58.8 5 Eamonn Reynolds .............Director of Football Communications Giveaways 22 14t 28 28t ¾ [email protected] DEFENSE DET Rk OAK Rk Deanna Ivey .........................Manager of Football Media Services Points/Game 23.5 13 23.3 22 ¾ [email protected] Total Defense 355.8 18 350.1 30 Solomon Williams .............Coordinator of Football Communications Rushing Defense 112.5 18 108.9 25 ¾ [email protected] Passing Defense 243.3 19 241.1 27 Greg Maiola .........................Coordinator of Football Communications 3rd Down Defense % 38.1 31 40.9 25 Red Zone Efficiency 61.8 30 47.9 6 ¾ [email protected] Takeaways 32 3 14 30t LEADER OF THE PRIDE PATRICIA HIRED TO LEAD LIONS ON FEB. 5, 2018 MATT PATRICIA As Detroit’s 27th coach in franchise history, Patricia has Head Coach emphasized the dedication and passion to championship-caliber Seasons with Lions: 1 football that has defined him throughout his coaching career. "I want to represent the Seasons in NFL: 15 toughness of this city. We will be organized. We will be detailed. We will teach and develop our players and our coaches. We will PATRICIA'S COACHING HISTORY be passionate. We will love YEAR TEAM POSITION and respect the game, and 2018- Detroit Lions Head Coach we will be committed to 2012-17 New England Patriots Defensive Coordinator winning." 2011 New England Patriots Safeties 2006-10 New England Patriots Linebackers WHAT THEY ARE SAYING ABOUT PATRICIA 2005 New England Patriots Assistant Offensive Line 2004 New England Patriots Coaching Assistant Lions Executive Vice President & General Manager Bob 1999-2000 Amherst Defensive Line Quinn: “When we launched the search for our next head coach, 1996 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Graduate Assistant I wanted to find a leader that could take us to the next level COACHING OVERVIEW and I am confident we have found that in Matt Patricia. Matt is driven to succeed, has extreme passion for the game and Patricia spent 14 seasons as a member of the New England excels in preparation. He embodies the same hard-working, Patriots coaching staff, including stints on both sides of the blue-collar attributes that represent our organization and the ball. He brings to Detroit more than 20 years of coaching great City of Detroit.” experience in the college and professional ranks. In all 14 of his seasons at the Patriots, New England finished with 10 or Lions OL Graham Glasgow on what he senses from Patricia & more wins. how he's laid out what he wants to do with this team: “He’s ¾ Three-time Super Bowl champion (XXXIX, XLIX, LI). always just down to brass tacks. He’s very straight forward ¾ Six AFC Championships and 13 AFC East Championships. and his goals are to win and to just win every week. And that’s ¾ In Patricia’s six seasons (2012-17) coordinating the Patriots something that all of us can get behind.” defense, the club accumulated an NFL-best 75-21 (.781) record in that span. Lions LB Jarrad Davis on what he learned about Patricia in ¾ Patricia's defense ranked 2nd in points allowed (19.2), fourth in the offseason & how much of a difference a coach can be games allowing 20 points or fewer (53) and 2nd in games allowing in the NFL: “It can be a huge difference. The way he came in, 17 points or fewer (47) over the course of those six seasons. honestly, just set the tone right away. You know, he came in, ¾ Reached 12 or more wins in 11 out of 14 seasons as a member of he laid down the law, he gave us the rules and he came in with the Patriots coaching staff. energy. He wasn’t saying, ‘Oh, this is how it’s going to be.’ He ¾ Patricia’s six seasons overseeing New England’s defense led came in, he made it clear, gave us the expectations, and now to the sixth-most takeaways (157) during that span, while we have something we can chase." they also accumulated an NFL-best +71 turnover differential. ¾ In Patricia’s final year as defensive coordinator in 2017, the Lions G T.J. Lang on his first impressions of Patricia: “He’s won Patriots held teams to 20 points or fewer in 11 games (2nd in quite a few championships and knows the way it’s supposed to NFL), including 10 games with 17 or fewer. go, knows how winning football looks. Excited to have him as a coach. I think the biggest thing you hear from guys throughout the last couple (months) is he’s always excited. Every time you talk to him he’s very passionate about this game and it’s going to be fun to work with him. I think anytime you get a chance to work with a guy with such a great resume that he has, you’ve obviously got to be excited about that.” QUINN MAKES HIS MARK contribute to one of the most impressive stretches in NFL BOB QUINN history, one that produced four Super Bowl titles. Since 2000, Quinn’s first year with New England, the Patriots EVP and General Manager have won six AFC Championships, 13 AFC East titles, 12+ games in a season 10 times (which includes the past six Seasons with Lions: 3 years) and 10+ games in 14 of his 16 seasons. Seasons in NFL: 19 NEW TO DETROIT IN 2018 BUILDING FOR SUCCESS 2018 UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENTS In 2016, his first season at the helm, Quinn became the Lions’ Blount, LeGarrette RB Oregon UFA-Phi '18 first general manager to guide the team to the playoffs in his Freeny, Jonathan LB Rutgers UFA-NO '18 inaugural season since Nick Kerbawy in 1952. Johnson, Wesley C Vanderbilt UFA-NYJ '18 ¾ Entering his third season, Quinn's ongoing commitment to Jones, Christian LB Florida State UFA-Chi '18 improve all aspects of the club's football operations was Kennard, Devon LB Southern California UFA-NYG '18 highlighted by naming Matt Patricia the team's new head Wiggins, Kenny G Fresno State UFA-LAC '18 coach in 2018. Willson, Luke TE Rice UFA-Sea '18 ¾ Along with the nearly 40-percent changeover and upgrade to 2018 DRAFT CLASS the team’s roster he inherited in 2016, Quinn’s changes paid Ragnow, Frank OL Arkansas D-1 '18 dividends in 2016 when the Lions finished 9-7 on the team’s Johnson, Kerryon RB Auburn D-2 '18 way to the playoffs.