"Right now, they're struggling. They’re struggling. It's not a great situation and it's not a situation where I don't know if they can fight out of it right now because I don't know if the love and the like for Patricia's style makes the players want to fight out of it," Quin said. "I think they're to the point where, ‘Man, we're 3-8, it's cold out here, we've got four games left. Let's just get this thing over with.'"
The Lions are 3-8-1 entering Sunday's game at Minnesota, and Patricia's future has started to come into question. Quin, who played for Patricia in 2018 before the Lions released him and he later retired, feels for his old teammates.
"I love those guys out there, man. I feel bad for them because I know how much they put into it, how much effort they put into it. Guys put so much into it and to have a season basically over like that, it's so difficult," Quin said. "I just don’t know. They're in a bad spot right now, so it will be interesting to see what the organization does, if they make some changes."
Quin did add of Patricia, "He’s a very nice guy."
"They’re losing a lot of close games. Defensively they’re not making the big plays to win the games, and Patricia was brought in to be a defensive coach. They haven’t lived up to that," Quin said.
Quin's best years with the Lions came under Jim Caldwell, who was fired after back-to-back seasons with a 9-7 record.
"And that was the thing, they said 9-7 wasn’t good enough," said Quin. "In this league, there’s a lot of teams that would love to be 9-7 and have a shot to make the playoffs. I think they’ve won nine games in the last two years, so we’ll see."