Lions give a big promotion to coach who help Ben Johnson create and install trick plays
Not long ago, when Chicago Bears head coach Ben Johnson was Detroit Lions offenisve coordinator Ben Johnson, he gained a lot of popularity for the trick plays that he was calling. The thing about that is that Johnson didn’t come up with these on his own, and he didn’t install them on his own. He’ll […]
Not long ago, when Chicago Bears head coach Ben Johnson was Detroit Lions offenisve coordinator Ben Johnson, he gained a lot of popularity for the trick plays that he was calling. The thing about that is that Johnson didn’t come up with these on his own, and he didn’t install them on his own. He’ll tell you that. He did tell us that.
“They’ve been in charge of our specials for not just this year, but for the last few years, and there’s a reason why we have probably a little higher success rate for those special plays, and they’re a big reason why”: Johnson said on Friday.” They have a ton of creativity, they bring a lot of ideas to the table, so I really wanted to start off here today by giving them a shoutout. They’ve been doing a great job here for the last three years, and they’re certainly deserving of more responsibility, not only here, but maybe elsewhere as well, wherever that opportunity unfolds.”
The guys he was talking about were JT Barrett, who is now his quarterbacks coach in Chicago, Seth Ryan, who is the Lions assistant wide receivers coach, and this guy…
Lions promote Assistant offensive line coach Steve Oliver to tight ends coach
Oliver has been with the Lions for five seasons as both an offensive quality control coach and the assistant offensive line coach. During that time, Johnson had Oliver and other assistants shadow positional coaches so that they could learn more. The goal for Johnson seemed to be to help grow other guys into being offensive coordinators someday. For Oliver, this is the next step.
This is not Oliver’s first job as a tight ends coach. I mean, it is in the NFL, but not in football. He was a tight ends coach for Idaho and for San Diego before coming to the Lions in 2020. This is a nice promotion for him, and he should do well. Just a week ago, we wrote about how he’s a future offenisve coordinator. So the belief in Olvier has been there for a bit.
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