ALLEN PARK, Mich. -- There are no hard feelings now. Nick Fairley understood it was merely about business.
Fairley, the Lions' first-round draft pick in 2011, spent four seasons in Detroit. Then his option for a fifth year wasn’t picked up by former general manager Martin Mayhew. He played out the 2014 season -- and did well before a knee injury in London kept him out of the final half of the season for Detroit.