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- After his termination, Martin Mayhew gave a statement to the local FOX 2 News team:
Martin Mayhew statement to @DanMillerFox2 @FOX2News pic.twitter.com/3S1rXbkMY7
— Ryan Ermanni (@Ryan1051Fox2) November 6, 2015
- Already penciling in Bill Polian for the Lions' general manager position in 2016? Not so fast:
As Justin Rogers pointed out, Polian was interviewed in September and did not sound very interested in returning to sports management, saying "I doubt at this stage in my life I would go back."No comment from Bill Polian on whether he would be interested in Lions GM job.
— Carlos Monarrez (@cmonarrez) November 5, 2015 - Here's a taste of what interim general manager Sheldon White has done for the team so far:
Sheldon White and the pro personnel staff has done a good job acquiring under-the-radar talent in recent years (George Johnson, Copeland)
— Dave Birkett (@davebirkett) November 5, 2015
- Thursday's firings were not your typical every-few-years kind of move for the Detroit Lions. This was the end of a long-term era:
Martin Mayhew had been with the #Lions for 15 seasons, Tom Lewand for 19 seasons.
— Tony Paul (@TonyPaul1984) November 5, 2015
- Because Lions fans have great judgement and make excellent personal choices, a bunch of them offered their services to fill the Lions' job vacancies.
- If Caldwell is eventually let go, history does not like his chances to ever get another head coaching job in the NFL:
Last coach to get another NFL HC job after leaving #Lions was Buddy Parker in 1957. 16 coaches have come, gone since then w/out resurfacing
— Gil Brandt (@Gil_Brandt) November 5, 2015
- If you didn't get a chance to see Martha Ford's brief press conference from Thursday, you can watch it here.
- Jerry Mallory's second episode of his new "Hindsight 20" podcast dropped and covered Thursday's big news.