Lions notes: Wi-Fi at Ford Field, Calvin Johnson and Jerry Rice, more

• The Detroit Lions are finally bringing Wi-Fi to Ford Field. There is a catch, though. Right now it's only available to Verizon customers.
• NFL.com's Adam Schein didn't hold anything back in a recent column about the Lions, as he called them an "embarrassment," "clown show" and "biggest group of underachievers in the NFL." I don't know if I would go quite that far, but I can't disagree with the general theme of the article.
• Although Jerry Rice wouldn't mind if Calvin Johnson ends up breaking his single-season receiving record, Rice would prefer to keep it.
• Johnson finished second in Pro Bowl voting at wide receiver in the NFC behind Victor Cruz.
• The Lions added cornerback Ross Weaver, who has been with the team on a couple different occasions in the last year or so, to the practice squad this week.
• Here's an interesting tidbit from Dave Birkett: Ron Bartell, who was signed by the Lions earlier this week, got a two-year deal from the team. This indicates that they plan for him to be around beyond the final two weeks of 2012.
  
• This says a lot about some of the Lions' issues on offense this season:

  Amazingly, the Lions have just 2 other 100-yard receiving performances outside of the 10 Calvin Johnson has (Young 100, Broyles 126)

  — Tim Twentyman (@ttwentyman) December 19, 2012

• For now, Nick Fairley isn't planning to have surgery on his injured shoulder.
• Jim Schwartz called Jason Fox a "good developing player" when asked about him this week.
• It's expected that Ndamukong Suh's latest traffic citation will be resolved before it goes to a formal hearing.
• Dominic Raiola has been sued over child support payments.
• The Atlanta Falcons weren't interested in rehashing allegations from last year about the Lions taunting Matt Ryan.
• Barry Sanders said on Twitter this week that he is "pulling for" Adrian Peterson to break the NFL's single-season rushing record.
• Mocking The Draft's top 100 for the 2013 NFL Draft is out.
• Yahoo! Sports has an interesting story on what Jon Kitna is doing these days.

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