The Lions added their new offensive coordinator — John Morton — from the Broncos’ staff. They will now bring in some more coaching help from Denver’s front office.
After David Shaw spent a year as a Broncos personnel executive, he will return to coaching. The Lions are adding the former Stanford HC as their pass-game coordinator, NFL.com’s Tom Pelissero reports. This hire comes shortly after ex-Lions OC Ben Johnson met with him about the Bears’ OC role — one that went to ex-Broncos tight ends coach Declan Doyle.
In addition to being with the Broncos last year, both Morton and Shaw overlapped with the Raiders as assistants during Jon Gruden‘s first run with the team. This will be Shaw’s first NFL coaching role since he served as the Ravens’ wide receivers coach in 2005.
More to come.