The Detroit Lions will hire Cory Undlin as defensive coordinator, according to league sources.

Undlin is currently the defensive backs coach for the Philadelphia Eagles.

Undlin, 48, began as a defensive assistant with the New England Patriots in 2004. He worked with Matt Patricia.

The Detroit Lions will remain in the Ford family.

There have been reports that Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos had interest in buying the team.

"We've been approached about interest in buying the team, but there's been no serious discussions," Lions president Rod Wood said. "And the Ford family plans to own the team and there's [succession] plans in place."

Wood declined to say what those plans were for future team ownership beyond 94-year-old Martha Ford, who took over ownership duties after her husband's death in 2014.

Her four children are all vice chairs of the team and make up the club's board of directors.

The Detroit Lions will retain Bob Quinn as general manager and Matt Patricia as head coach for the 2020 season.

Patricia is 9-20-1 overall with the Lions after consecutive 9-7 seasons under Jim Caldwell.

"We expect to be a playoff contender (in 2020) and those are our expectations, which we’ve expressed to both Bob and to Matt," Martha Firestone Ford said. 

Thousands of fans were no-shows for last week's loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and the Lions have been serenaded by boos in recent home games.

"(Changing coaches) would have been the popular choice, the popular decision, and we knew that," Ford Hamp said. "But as I say, we’re doing what is right for the organization."

The Detroit Lions have placed Matthew Stafford on injured reserve.

Stafford has been inactive for the past six weeks due to a back injury.

The Lions have started David Blough in the absence of Stafford.

The Detroit Lions are 3-10-1 with two games left, but Matt Patricia believes they can take some positives away from this season.

The coach believes the Lions simply need better health and some offseason additions.

"I think those things will build on top of each other from there," Patricia said. "But certainly, from a standpoint of trying to put a good foundation, a solid foundation down of being about something from a team, I would say that we've shown at least a foundation of being a tough team, being a competitive team, being a team that won't quit. [We're] a team that's going to go out and compete, and really care about each. I think that’s the start."

Matthew Stafford wants to return this season despite fractured bones in his back.

Stafford's back injury could take up to six weeks to heal.

The Detroit Lions are 3-6-1 and are almost mathematically eliminated from the playoffs.

"This is what I do," Stafford said. "This is what I love to do. I love playing football. I appreciate all the hard work that all the guys in this locker room and in his organization put into going out there and trying to win games on Sunday, and I love being a part of that.

"It's tough for me to sit there without the pads on and not being able to impact the game on the field the way I'm used to doing, so that's driving me to get back out there, and whenever we all deem it's the right time to be back out there, I'll be out there."

Matthew Stafford has been ruled out of Week 10 with fractured bones in his back as doctors won't clear him to play.

Stafford was practicing Friday and throwing 60-yard passes, but doctors wanted him to have further testing on his painful back injury.

Stafford is now considered week-to-week.

The Detroit Lions will start Jeff Driskel with Stafford out.

A few days after the Detroit Lions traded Quandre Diggs, Darius Slay was still emotional about the move.

"No matter how much you put in, at the end of the day it's a business," Slay said, "so that's how I just look at it. Nobody's safe, in my opinion."

Slay declined to comment when asked if he hoped to remain with the Lions after Tuesday's trade deadline. Instead, the cornerback said he'd be OK playing anywhere and that he wouldn't care whether he was moved.

"Do I want to? Be where else? I'm saying I'm here to play ball," Slay said. "Like I said, it don't matter if I'm here or not. That's what I want to do. I just want to play ball."

The Detroit Lions have traded safety Quandre Diggs and a 2021 seventh-round pick to the Seattle Seahawks for a 2020 fifth-round pick.

Diggs was a starter for the Lions at slot cornerback and safety.

The Detroit Lions are expected to be without Kerryon Johnson for some time after he suffered a knee injury on Sunday, according to a source.

Johnson has rushed 92 times for 308 yards and two scores as Detroit's lead back. He injured the knee in the first half against the Minnesota Vikings and did not return.