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Former Detroit Lions general manager Martin Mayhew has been hired by the New York Giants as the team's director of football operations.

(Mike Mulholland | MLive.com)

Former Detroit Lions general manager Martin Mayhew has found a new job.

The New York Giants announced on Thursday that they've hired Mayhew to serve as director of football operations/special projects. The team's website said he'll work closely with assistant general manager Kevin Abrams on all aspects of the salary cap, collective bargaining agreement compliance and player contract negotiations.

That job had previously been held by Matt Harriss, who the Lions hired away from New York last month to be the team's vice president of football administration.

Mayhew spent 14 years with the Lions, joining the team's front office in 2001 as the senior director of football administration and general counsel under Matt Millen. Mayhew was promoted to general manager in 2008 after Millen's firing, inheriting the only 0-16 team in NFL history in the middle of that campaign.

In three seasons, armed with the additions of quarterback Matthew Stafford and defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh as well as new head coach Jim Schwartz, the Lions earned their first playoff berth in 12 years.

Detroit would qualify for the postseason again in 2014, but did not advance out of the wild card round in either year.

Mayhew was fired last November after the team's 1-7 start to the season. Pro personnel director Sheldon White was promoted to serve as the interim general manager the remainder of the year and the Lions selected Bob Quinn, New England's director of pro scouting, to be the permanent replacement last month.

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