The Super Bowl is less than a week away which means the Detroit Lions are also a week away from being able to officially name current New England Patriots defensive coordinator Matt Patricia as their next head coach.
Though Patricia gets plenty of attention for the job his has done with the Patriots defense, and rightfully so, there is something else about him that seems to be getting a ton of attention from Lions fans.
His epic beard.
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Patricia did not decide to grow a beard to look more manly or to look like a lumberjack, but instead to honor a group of people. On Super Bowl opening night in Minneapolis, the Patriots defensive coordinator talked about what inspired his beard.
Via Detroit News:
“The quick story on the beard is, honestly, 2011 I believe it was, I have a lot of buddies who are in the military, that have gone overseas, were overseas that year,” Patricia said. “I got to see a couple of them before they left and the were usually in full beard, obviously doing great things to protect our country and just great Americans. It’s kind of just one of those deals where I said, ‘Well, I’m not shaving to you get back. So when you get to see us on TV, or see me on TV, know that I’m thinking about you,’
“That’s where it started and it kind of rolled into year in and year out. There are a lot of guys that get deployed and our guys tend to do different things each year to keep us occupied while we’re working, so it was just on my mind, making sure I remember all those great people who are out there helping us and protecting us.”
If you have followed Patricia throughout his career, you have probably noticed that his beard does not always look the same but that it goes through different phases.
“It goes through different phases there,” he said. “Sometimes it comes off, sometimes it goes down. It’s good because I can duck in and out of places. At certain points, it’s like a diet program when I shave it down. Everyone thinks I’ve lost some weight.”
Nation, what do you think, should Patricia keep the beard when he comes to the Detroit Lions or should he go with the clean look?
Careful what you ask for!
KEEP THE BEARD!
I dislike beards I feel people are hiding something
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