The Detroit Lions have a new offensive coordinator, and it isn’t a hotshot youngster or a name you’ve heard being prepped from the ranks of Lions offensive assistants for Ben Johnson’s departure. The Lions turned semi-externally, bringing in Denver Broncos passing game coordinator John Morton.
The coaching search didn’t exactly go as many expected it to. Lions passing game coordinator Tanner Engstrand is a name that was frequently thrown around with the expectation that he’d be the next man up, akin to how Kelvin Sheppard filled in for Aaron Glenn as defensive coordinator. The Lions couldn’t go with up-and-comer and former Lions WR coach Antwaan Randle El either, as he left for Chicago with Ben Johnson.