The Detroit Lions have hired a search firm to help find their next general manager, NFL.com reported today.
The Lions declined comment on the report, but owner Martha Ford said Thursday that the franchise planned to conduct a "national search" for replacements for team president Tom Lewand and general manager Martin Mayhew.
Both Lewand and Mayhew were fired last week with the Lions an NFL-worst 1-7.
"I want to assure our fans that we intend to identify and hire the very best leadership in order to produce a consistently winning football team," Ford said in a prepared statement last week.