The one-win Detroit Lions, looking nothing like the team that reached the playoffs last season, fired the team president Tom Lewand and the general manager Martin Mayhew on Thursday and promised to bring in new leadership to put a consistent winner on the field.
“We are very disappointed with the results of the season so far and believe a change in leadership was necessary,” the owner, Martha Firestone Ford, said, reading from a prepared statement. She did not take questions.
The Lions are an N.F.C.-worst 1-7 under the second-year coach Jim Caldwell, whose staff was not affected by the changes a week after he replaced some assistants, including the offensive coordinator Joe Lombardi.