Dan Campbell explains why Detroit Lions lost 3 coaches this offseason.

It’s obvious that the Detroit Lions are a squad that is rising. After a 9-8 season in which the Lions won eight of their final ten games, it’s an exciting moment to be a part of the organization.

Therefore, it was a little unexpected that the three members of the Lions coaching staff left this summer, especially because two of them moved on to other opportunities. Since then, we’ve discovered that Duke Staley, the former running backs coach and associate head coach for the Lions, desired to be nearer to his mother and home. However, it was still unclear why offensive assistant John Morton left to work for the Broncos and defensive line coach Todd Wash joined him (albeit Morton seemed to advance to become game coordinator).

In his remarks at the NFL Combine, Lions coach Dan Campbell clarified a bit about the three.

“Duce Staley will be missed. We will mourn Todd Wash. John Morton will be missed. However, Campbell stated, “Really, it was for family for all three of those guys.” “I know that’s the proper course of action.”

Most of the three positions have been filled by the Lions. Although the paperwork hasn’t been signed, Campbell confirmed that the terms have been agreed to. The Lions are hiring John Scott Jr. to coach the defensive line. While they don’t have a senior offensive assistant to replace Morton, Tanner Engstrand will be the team’s pass game coordinator thanks to the hiring of tight ends coach Steve Heiden. Scottie Montgomery has taken over Staley’s roles.

Campbell pointed out that Montgomery had an interview for the role of offensive coordinator the previous year, which is quite interesting.

Campbell expressed his admiration. “For this reason, even though these interviews don’t pan out right away, everything happens for a reason. It was so significant to be able to obtain him from the Colts as our running backs coach and assistant head coach.

According to Campbell, the Lions saw this as an opportunity to treat the coaches fairly, since they wanted to be nearer to their families and enhance their staff by adding more qualified coaches to the mix.

“It’s unfair to them and us, I want to know they’re all here, and when even a part of them is not quite here,” Campbell remarked. Additionally, I think that there are competent coaches out there. They are located. Now, you have to put in some effort, you might have to shake off some obstacles and go through a particular process, but I think we’ve found fantastic trainers.