The shutout of the Lions shuts the book on the Patricia era

The Carolina Panthers - without Christian McCaffrey, with a reeling defense and a XFL quarterback - deliver the Lions' first shutout since 2009. It is, in a word, a disaster. The POD crew breaks down the last, final word on a season that will drift on, lifeless, until January. For Patricia and the coaching staff, it's a matter now of when they will be fired, not "if." Nothing works, but how bad is the dysfunction? It's all broken down here on PODcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices