Chris Spielman Accepts Front Office Role With Lions, Leaving Fox Sports

Chris Spielman will join the Detroit Lions as Special Assistant to Chairman and President & CEO, according to a release by the team on Tuesday. It is a full-time role, which means Spielman will be leaving Fox Sports to accept the job.

This is obviously a new journey for the former NFL linebacker. Spielman released a statement about the move.

Of course, Spielman is plenty familiar with the organization. This was the same team that drafted him No. 29 overall back in the 1988 NFL Draft, and he spent eight seasons in Detroit.

From there, he had a brief stint with the Buffalo Bills (1996-97) and then retired shortly after joining the Cleveland Browns in 1999. Now, he's back where it all started.

Of course, that also means his four-year run with Fox Sports will be coming to an end. Here is Spielman's statement regarding his departure.

Just don't ask Mel Kiper Jr. if this was the wrong move. We don't want Spielman to prove him wrong again.

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