While Raymond adjusts to Morton’s expectations, he’s also building a new rapport with another coach. Scottie Montgomery, who coached the Lions’ running backs the past two seasons, is now the wide receivers coach. He replaces Antwaan Randle El, who left to join Johnson’s staff in Chicago in the same role while also becoming assistant head coach.

Lions WR Kalif Raymond says new OC John Morton is "expecting us to be crafty" and he and new WR coach Scottie Montgomery are focused on preparation

Fortunately, we kept a couple of our position coaches, specifically, our offensive line coach [Hank Fraley]," LaPorta said about De

Detroit Lions running back Jahmyr Gibbs is willing to fill in at any role for a chance to enter the Super Bowl.

WR Jameson Williams is the potential riser. Morton is more inclined than Johnson to attack vertically, and Williams has the deep speed to exploit it. He will remain volatile, but if the usage trend grows, he could make a leap into weekly WR3 territory with spike weeks baked in.

This article was originally published on www.si.com/nfl/lions as Former NFL QB Says Detroit Lions Will 'Just Reload'. The Detroit Lions will enter the 2025 season with a rather new-look coaching staff, including new offensive and defensive play-callers.

The Detroit Lions have become one of the most popular sports teams in recent Detroit sports history on their strength of back-to-back division titles and an appearance on HBO's 'Hard Knocks' documentary TV show in 2022.

The Detroit Lions are already facing challenges before the 2025/26 NFL season has even begun as Dan Campbell's squad will be without their defensive end, Levi Onwuzurike, for at le

As the Detroit Lions prepare to open training camp, questions surround the change in offensive coordinator, with John Morton taking over for Ben Johnson.