Rod Wood is part of a six-man decision-making group that has met regularly to discuss and carry out transactions since the firing of Bob Quinn and Matt Patricia last month, but the Detroit Lions president said his role in the group is purely as a facilitator.
“We have plenty of smart football people around that are way smarter than me, and those are the ones that I listen to," Wood told the Free Press on Monday. "I just try to make sure that, little things — if we’re trying to add somebody to the roster and that means we have to make a decision on somebody else, well, have they thought it through?