Former Lions coach has interviewed to replace Ben Johnson as offensive coordinator

The search to replace Aaron Glenn as defensive coordinator has come to an end, so now it's on to candidates to replace Ben Johnson as the Detroit Lions' offensive coordinator. According to Ian Rapoport and Tom Pelissero of NFL Network, Denver Broncos passing game coordinator John Morton has emerged as a candidate to watch for the Lions offensive coordinator job. The report added that Morton recently interviewed with head coach Dan Campbell. Morton's name may sound familiar. That's because he was on the Lions' coaching staff in 2022 as a senior offensive assistant. He also interviewed for the Lions' offensive coordinator job when Campbell first came in as head coach in 2021. Last year (h/t to Jeremy Reisman of Pride of Detroit), when asked about current passing game coordinator Tanner Engstrand, here's what Campbell said about Morton. "John Morton, man, Johnny was – Johnny’s a superstar now and there’s a number of things that he did for us last year that are things that we’ve kept,” Campbell said. “And I real