John Morton already impressed with Lions' top strength heading into 2025 season

The Detroit Lions have plenty of positives to lean on as they get set for a new season, and even though many are focusing on the changes, there are several constants that will carry the franchise.

While the defense has questions to answer and the offense has a few issues to iron out in the trenches, a major positive remains in the form of the skill position players. The Lions have a steady quarterback and ample weaponry, which is set to help them in a major way this season.

Bleacher Report writer Alex Ballentine put together a look at the biggest strengths and weaknesses of every team before the preseason, and while Detroit has a notable issue up front to iron out before the year, the offensive weapons still stand out as impressive.

"The Lions offensive line has more questions than it ever has under Dan Campbell. Fortunately, there are still so many weapons at Jared Goff's disposal that it makes it hard to believe Detroit won't at least be a top-10 offense."

"Amon-Ra St. Brown is one of the best chain-movers in the league. Sam LaPorta is easily a top-10 tight end, and Jameson Williams put together his first 1,000-yard season in 2024."

"Combine that with the best running back duo in the league in Jahmyr Gibbs and David Montgomery, and the Lions can beat defenses in a wide variety of ways."

While there are questions to answer elsewhere in terms of personnel, the Lions won't have that issue on the offensive side of the ball. They have a top running back duo, elite wide receivers, fantastic tight ends and a quarterback capable of getting everyone the ball. That's a bonus for any offensive coordinator.

John Morton already impressed after seeing Lions' weaponry up close

Early in camp, the Lions' offense has been drawing rave reviews for their work. That's significant because Morton has taken over for Ben Johnson, and there have been plenty of questions regarding what type of plays he will call and how he will trend as an offensive coordinator.

The plays might not matter that much in the end, because the weaponry has remained the same. Morton loves what he has seen so far working with the Lions, and even he admitted he has been a bit blown away by what he gets to work with every single day.

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"The one thing that's impressed me is all these weapons. Man, I'm just trying to get the guys (involved) as much as I can. I just think (I'm impressed with) the overall grit (and) their attitude, because it's been hard mentally. I want to see where they're at and they've responded. We got a smart, tough football team. That's the way this thing is built and I'm real happy with where we're at right now."

As Morton points out, his biggest challenge will be working everyone into the mix with targets and attention. Providing he can do that, the most challenging part of his job will likely be over given the Lions' bedrock principles of toughness and attention to detail remain intact.

There aren't many better situations a new offensive coordinator could walk into. The Lions remain arguably one of the most dangerous teams in the league top to bottom, and Morton gets to reap the rewards of that quality construction.

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