The Lions reached an agreement this afternoon for Tennessee defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz, 42, to become Detroit’s new head coach. Soon we’ll begin analyzing what Schwartz will mean for the franchise, but first let’s examine how the Lions’ management team of Martin Mayhew and Tom Lewand searched for and settled on Schwartz in the first [...]

Today’s High Five: Lions owner William Clay Ford told Tom Kowalski before the Saints game yesterday that COO Tom Lewand and acting GM Martin Mayhew will be back with the team next season, and any new guy brought in will have to fill one of the available “slots.” From what I’ve read, Mayhew could be [...]