There is a palpable sense of skepticism when it comes to the national opinion of the 2025 Detroit Lions. After a 15-2 season, many are expecting a step back, and one of the major reasons given is the loss of offensive coordinator Ben Johnson to the Chicago Bears as their new head coach. Johnson was replaced by John Morton, a senior offensive assistant to the Lions in 2022, when Johnson was just building his own offense in Detroit.

There hasn’t been much positive buzz about Morton—some pointing to his thin history as a play-caller, others simply not impressed that he isn’t a young up-and-coming mind. But a story this past weekend by Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press paints Morton in a different light. Morton wasn’t some afterthought this offseason. Rather, he was in the midst of makin

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