ALLEN PARK, Mich. -- Detroit Lions team owner Martha Ford, her children and team president Rod Wood are trying to conduct a national search to find the next team president and general manager of the franchise after she fired Tom Lewand and Martin Mayhew earlier this month.
Ford and Wood said they would hire an external advisor to assist in the search and will also use all the information the NFL gives to them to help assist the decision. By making the moves when she did, Ford gave herself and her team a wide swath of time to examine every possible candidate and there are a lot of potentially logical ones out there.