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.

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

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Losing coordinators Ben Johnson and Aaron Glenn hurt. But Detroit's think tank mentality means the Lions aren't starting from scratch building new schemes and playbooks to match their play-callers.

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

NFL Network's Judy Battista and Bucky Brooks highlight how Detroit Lions rookie guard Tate Ratledge, along with new offensive and defensive coordinators John Morton and Kelvin Sheppard, are poised to make the biggest impact for the Lions.

The Chicago Bears and the New York Jets did just that, snatching up former Detroit Lions OC Ben Johnson and ex-DC Aaron Glenn to fill their respective head coaching vacancies. So where does that leave the Lions? Hell if we know—which is why their training camp is going among the NFC’s can’t-missers.

The Lions lost a lot during this offseason, but Field Yates is confident that Dan Campbell will continue to lead the team to success.