Former Lions president Matt Millen made his first public comments Saturday since being fired in September. Millen, in a brief introduction as a new member of NBC's studio team, sat down for an interview with co-host Dan Patrick. "Oh, if you're just gonna say, 'Oh, that's the stiff who used to be up in Detroit and they lost all those games, it's gotta be on him,' I would say, 'Yeah, I was in Detroit and you do have to blame me.' " Millen said. "But there's a lot more to it than that. Listen, I could give you excuses. I'm not gonna do that. I can give you explanations. To me, that's just an excuse after the fact. So you take the hit and you move on. How they look at me? I know what I am. You can say whatever you want about me." Millen even admitted that he would have let himself go. "Yeah, I would have, actually," he said. "I wouldn't have -- probably not this year, until after the season. Because I think when you start having change over in an organization, it filters down to the locker room, and that's tough to do. And I thought that was a tough position for Rod Marinelli to be in, who I think is -- Rod's a stud. I mean, Rod's an outstanding football coach, and obviously the thing went the other way on him this year. But that's a tough position for him."