ALLEN PARK Ugo Amadi Jersey , Mich. (AP) briskly onto a field for his first NFL training camp in charge with a black cap, black pullover and black shorts while a yellow pencil was nestled over his right ear.And, he didn’t waste any time sending messages on Friday.Patricia pulled aside safety Tavon Wilson, one of many former New England Patriots now in the Motor City, to say a few words early in practice.Wilson, knowing Patricia expects everyone to always hustle, listened to what Patricia had to say and then sprinted to rejoin his teammates on another field.After speaking briefly with team president Rod Wood, the new coach tried to connect with as many players as possible as they stretched out and warmed up. He chatted with some, slapped hands with others and simply tapped helmets as he roamed with a bounce in his step and a smile on his face.During drills Dwayne Haskins Jersey , Patricia spent time with many of the position groups to evaluate quietly or teach with words and gestures.While Patricia tried to sound businesslike in his news conference before practice, it was clear how fired up he was even before his white sneakers hit the green grass.”When you walk out on the field again, the painted lines, the fresh cut grass, all of that sort of atmosphere around it, it’s exciting,” he said. ”If you have been in this game a long time, it takes you back years to when whether you were playing or first started coaching or even just a little kid running around.”The Lions have been around .500 in recent years, winning nine games in each of the past two years after averaging nine wins over the previous two seasons.That was not enough for Jim Caldwell to keep his job with the franchise for a fifth season.The Lions fired Caldwell and hired Patricia shortly after last season D.K. 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And now we have something we can chase.”Davis declined to say what the Lions are chasing http://www.seahawksauthorizedshops.com/authentic-cody-barton-jersey , and Patricia has insisted he is only interested in talking about small-picture goals such as making the most out of each day.Even though Patricia has not ever led an NFL team, a veteran coach who gave him a pivotal opportunity many years ago believes he is ready.Detroit defensive coordinator Paul Pasqualoni, who hired Patricia as a graduate assistant at Syracuse in 2001, said he knew he would be working for a high-energy, bright coach when he accepted the offer. What he didn’t know was how detail-oriented Patricia would be as a head coach.Patricia has a detailed planned for everything, Pasqualoni said, including the team’s hydration and nutrition plan.”Until you work with him there’s no way of knowing that,” Pasqualoni said.NOTES: The Lions put LB Devon Kennard and DE Cornelius Washington on the non-football injury list. … DE Ezekiel Ansah is on the physically unable to perform list.— PITTSFORD, N.Y. (AP) — Buffalo Bills coach Sean McDermott is not pleased with receiver Kelvin Benjamin questioning why the Carolina Panthers drafted him Gary Jennings Jr. Jersey , and criticizing former teammate Cam Newton’s accuracy.McDermott says “there’s a time and a place” to discuss those things, adding “this was not one of them.” McDermott says he’s informed Benjamin this is not how he wants his players to air their grievances.McDermott spoke Sunday before the Bills returned to practice following a day off, and two days after Benjamin voiced his criticisms in an interview with The Athletic.Benjamin was quoted as saying getting drafted by the Panthers was “a bad fit from the get-go,” when asked to assess his final 2½ seasons in Carolina. Without mentioning Newton specifically, Benjamin said he could have been more productive with “any other quarterback.”He then pinpointed several star quarterbacks, including Green Bay’s Aaron Rodgers, in saying they had the knowledge and accuracy of placing a pass to a spot that makes it easier for a receiver to catch the ball.The Panthers’ first-round pick in 2014, Benjamin set team records for rookies with 73 catches, 1 http://www.seahawksauthorizedshops.com/authentic-phil-haynes-jersey ,008 yards receiving and nine touchdowns. He missed the entire 2015 season with a left knee injury, and totaled 95 catches for 1,416 yards and nine touchdowns in his next 24 games before being traded to Buffalo in October.Benjamin previously told The Associated Press he asked to be traded.McDermott said one issue he had with Benjamin’s comments is that the Bills open their preseason Thursday hosting Carolina.What makes Benjamin’s comments more awkward is McDermott and Bills general manager Brandon Beane previously worked together for the Panthers. McDermott spent six seasons as Carolina’s defensive coordinator before being hired by Buffalo in 2017.Beane was the Panthers’ assistant general manager, and had a hand in drafting Benjamin.