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With Sunday's 24-20 victory in the AFC Championship over the Jacksonville Jaguars, it was the last time New England Patriots defensive coordinator Matt Patricia took the field at Gillette Stadium under his current position with the team. He will move on after the Super Bowl LII matchup against the Philadelphia Eagles in order to accept the head coaching position with the Detroit Lions.
After the AFC Championship Game, Patricia and his family stayed a couple hours after the game to cherish the moment even more on the confetti-riddled field.
Matt Patricia. On his back. On the field. In the confetti. With his kid. After his last game at Gillette. pic.twitter.com/F96IR10Bqn
— Tom E. Curran (@tomecurran) January 22, 2018
He opened up about it to Mike Reiss of ESPN, stating that he and his son shared some great father-son bonding time.
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“He hasn’t really been to a lot of games. He’s been to two. So that was kind of his second game, and he wanted to go play in the field, so we played a good game of touch football,” Patricia said Monday. “He beat me 4-0 so he kind of outran me there a little bit and made some good plays on me. I couldn’t catch him.”
Patricia's wife, Raina, joined him on the field as well and he said that he'll really cherish that moment with his wife and kids.
“Just fun to have him out there running around and just seeing the excitement that he had to be out on the field, that’s always just kind of a special little moment for myself and him and my wife,” said Patricia, who has two sons and a daughter.
It must have been an unbelievable feeling for Patricia to share that great moment with his family on the field where he's experienced so much success. After leaving Gillette Stadium a winner one last time, Patricia will now look to finish his tenure in New England a high note by winning his fourth Super Bowl ring in Minnesota.
