Rob Parker of the Detroit News on Monday explained his position regarding a controversial question asked to Lions' coach Rod Marinelli.
Parker wrote in Monday's column that, "What might have seemed like a personal attack, wasn't."
"Who knows, Marinelli, a straight shooter who never goes off script, might actually have given us a funny quote," Parker wrote.
On Sunday Parker asked whether Marinelli wished his daughter had married "a better defensive coordinator."
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