During his Monday press conference, Detroit Lions interim head coach Darrell Bevell dropped a line that had everyone in the Zoom chat doing a double take. When asked about how the team is making roster decisions without an acting general manager, Bevell revealed that team president Rod Wood is involved in the process.
“So I don’t even know what the shape would be that we call it, but we have our personnel group that’s left over. They really do a great job—with Kyle (O’Brien, vice president of player personnel) and Lance (Newmark, director of player personnel) and Rob (Lohman, director of pro scouting) and then (President and CEO) Rod Wood is involved in it and (Vice President of Football Administration) Mike Disner – really, the five of them and myself.