The Detroit Lions Coaching Staff Continues To Get Absolutely Gutted

It's hard to think of another NFL team that's being punished for their success as much as the Detroit Lions are right now. After losing both of their top assistants to head coaching jobs, the rest of the coaching staff is just continuously getting plundered.

Over the past two weeks we've seen the Chicago Bears hire Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson as their new head coach. Johnson promptly snatched several of the Lions' top assistant to join his staff, including assistant quarterbacks coach J.T. Barrett and wide receivers coach Antwaan Randle-El.

But in the days since the New York Jets hired Lions defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn as their new head coach, Glenn has started picking up some of his former coworkers from Detroit too. 

According to NFL insider Tom Pelissero, the Jets have just hired Lions tight ends coach Steve Heiden to serve as their new offensive line coach. Heiden has held the role for the past two years. But he's not likely to be the only coach the Jets poach as Lions passing game coordinator Tanner Engstrand is now the favorite to be hired as their offensive coordinator.

"The #Jets agreed to terms with #Lions TE coach Steve Heiden as their new offensive line coach, per source. With Tanner Engstrand the favorite to come aboard as offensive coordinator, Aaron Glenn is building out his own version of Detroit’s offense in New York," Pelissero wrote.