This Sunday will see the Lions coming to town for their third straight matchup with the Cowboys in as many years, but it will mark the first contest between Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson and new Cowboys defensive coordinator Mike Zimmer. T
Johnson has been in Detroit since 2019, one of the rare holdovers from Matt Patricia’s staff. He coached three seasons for the Lions while Zimmer was still in charge of the Vikings, but Johnson didn’t rise to the coordinator position until 2022, the year after Zimmer was fired.
Since then, Johnson has had tremendous success, to the point that he was one of the top head coaching candidates in last year’s hiring cycle.