Who would believe this guy could ever evaluate talent anyway! Report: NFL Network cans Matt Millen, Joe Theismann The Detroit News You’re fired, Matt Millen! Again. SI.com is reporting that the NFL Network, which hired Millen after he was canned following a disastrous tenure as general manager of the Lions, is sending him packing. The report said Mike Mayock, a highly respected draft analyst, will join the network’s game broadcast, while Millen and Joe Theismann are out. The NFL Network also is considering added Detroit’s Gus Johnson, a hit for his NCAA Tournament coverage, SI reported. The NFL Network hired Millen in 2009 and Theismann the following year, and since has been bombarded with criticism from fans. Millen, 53, was a popular on-air analyst before the Lions hired him to run the team in 2001. What followed was one of the most embarrassing stretches of play in NFL history, before he was fired by William Clay Ford in September 2008. Millen still is doing college football for ABC From The Detroit News: http://detnews.com/article/20110414/SPORTS0101/104140462/Report–NFL-Network-cans-Matt-Millen–Joe-Theismann#ixzz1JuaC4e2V