Saturday Notes: Lions Meet with Ndamukong Suh Twice

• The Lions had brunch with Ndamukong Suh on Friday and met with him again last night to talk Xs and Os.  The team also met with Russell Okung over dinner on Thursday night.
  
• Martin Mayhew's draft strategy is still to select the best player available.
• Mayhew had something interesting to say about one of the things the Lions took away from the week in Mobile for the Senior Bowl.
  

  Apparently coaching the Senior Bowl has paid off already. Mayhew said he doesn’t want "anything to do with" some of the players the Lions coached for whatever reason – work ethic, desire, etc.

  Boy I'd love to find out who Mayhew was talking about.
• Speaking of the Senior Bowl, wide receivers coach Shawn Jefferson apparently came down hard on Cincinnati's Mardy Gilyard in practice in Mobile.  Gilyard seemed to respond well to what Jefferson had to say.
  
• Kevin Smith for sure won't be having shoulder surgery.
• Jim Schwartz thinks very highly of Stephen Peterman and Jeff Backus and sees the need to find a starting left guard. (He also hinted that Backus probably won't be moving inside in the foreseeable future.)
  
• Schwartz was recently interviewed by The City Paper (Nashville), NFL Network, and Sirius NFL Radio.
  
• Peter King thinks Kyle Vanden Bosch will sign with the Lions.

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• The Detroit Sports Broadcasters Association voted Louis Delmas as the Lions rookie of the year.  Jim Schwartz probably agrees with the vote considering he recently said Delmas is the Lions' "top defensive player."
  
• NFLLabor.com has put together a list of the players who will become unrestricted free agents next week.
• It has been nearly a year since Corey Smith and his friends went missing in the Gulf of Mexico.
• SB Nation is in Indianapolis for the NFL Combine.  You can check out a recap of the first two days here and here.
• In case you missed it, running backs LaDainian Tomlinson and Brian Westbrook were released earlier this week, and the Chargers are going to let Darren Sproles become an unrestricted free agent.  You can bet that the Lions will be looking into signing a running back during free agency, but I personally hope they stay away from Tomlinson and Westbrook, not that I think it matters since I don't believe there would be mutual interest anyways.  Someone like Sproles wouldn't come cheap, but I definitely think he would be a nice addition.
• It looks like New York, well, technically New Jersey, is in the lead to host the 2014 Super Bowl.