The Detroit Lions are clearly a team that is on the rise. It’s an exciting time to be a part of the organization after a 9-8 season that saw the Lions win eight of their last 10 games.
So it was a little surprising to see the Lions coaching staff lose three people this offseason, especially when two of them took lateral moves elsewhere. We have since learned that former Lions assistant head coach/running backs coach Duce Staley wanted to be closer to home and his mother. But it remained a mystery why defensive line coach Todd Wash joined him, and offensive assistant John Morton took a job with the Broncos (although Morton appeared to get a promotion to pass game coordinator).