Matt Patricia is the Eagles' new defensive assistant

for those who were concerned about Matt Patricia not being in the NFL this season there's good news the former Detroit Lions coach and New England Patriots assistant is joining the Philadelphia Eagles staff ESPN's Tim mcmahmoods reported that Patricia was listed as a senior defensive assistant on the team's website and Eagles coach Nick siriani confirmed that Patricia would likely be joining his staff according to ESPN's Adam schefter it became official shortly after that Patricia was hired by the Eagles however Eagles fans may not be thrilled with the news Patricia's reputation has taken hit after hit in recent years it likely started when his defense was shredded by Eagles quarterback Nick Foles in Super Bowl 52 Patricia's final game as Patriots defensive coordinator before becoming the Lions head coach Patricia's time with the Lions was a debacle filled with controversy battles with players and media and a lot of losses the Lions went 13-29-1 in Patricia's three seasons then Patricia returned to the Patriots and no one could understand why he was installed as the offensive coordinator given his expertise was on the defensive side predictably the Patriots offense was terrible with Patricia calling place the tight-lipped Patriots never announced Patricia wasn't on the staff anymore but reports said he was free to look into other opportunities Patricia joining the eagle sets up an awkward reunion various slay is a star quarterback for the Eagles but in Detroit he was run off by Patricia one of the many bad moves that regime made the lions got just third and fifth round picks back for one of the best corners in football slay took offense to Patricia saying he wasn't an elite cornerback he basically just said you are not in that category yet at that time I only had one Pro Bowl but now I'm at five so I want to know how he feels about that now slay said via si.com I don't wish bad on him but as a man me and him just don't get along he's a smart coach he knows his ex's and O's but the disrespect is not what I'm with it will be an interesting conversation Patricia has a long road back to being considered for head coaching jobs again but siriani seems excited to add Patricia it's likely that only a few others in Philadelphia share that enthusiasm