Lions GM Martin Mayhew likes to deal [link]
When you're the worst team in the league -- or close to it, as the Lions have been -- the options tend to be limited in free agency.
Lions coach Jim Schwartz likes new defensive end's motor [link]
Schwartz disputes that Kyle Vanden Bosch is on the decline, saying detractors "can't read between the lines. ... Sacks aren't the final determination of how effective a player is."
Lions to get a visit from free agent DB Jonathan Wade [link]
Free-agent cornerback Jonathan Wade will visit Detroit on Monday. Wade, a former third-round pick in 2007 for the St. Louis Rams, was not offered a free-agent tender by the team.