Detroit Lions offensive coordinator John Morton didn’t push back against his boss taking over play-calling duties.
Speaking for the first time since Dan Campbell took over offensive play-calling in Week 10’s blowout win over the Washington Commanders, Morton struck all the right notes.
“I fully support it,” Morton said Thursday, via the Detroit News. “Listen, man. I’ve been doing this for a while. I’ve been with head coaches that are offensive guys, play-callers, so I’m used to that. I feel very prideful of things that I was doing. There’s some things I’ve got to learn, no doubt.
“But listen, I want to do whatever it takes to win. I mean, as soon he said (that), I’m like, ‘All right, let’s go. What do we gotta do?’ That’s the way I’ve always been in this business. I’ve been cut six times (as a player), I’ve been fired. Man, you just march on, because it’s always about the team. It always is.”
The Lions put up a season-high 546 total yards, 226 rush yards and 30 first downs in the 44-22 shellacking. Detroit never punted, scoring on all eight of its possessions before the end-of-game kneel downs.
Morton admitted that there seemed to be a better “flow” to the game than in previous outings, in which the offense felt like something was off.
“You saw it last week. For one series, we had all first downs. I talk about CFL football, first, second — it wasn’t even that. I don’t even know what it was. Might’ve been Tecmo,” Morton said. “But you can feel it, you know what I’m saying? It’s just first down, second down, first down, second down, first down, second down. And we had those moments this year, but it’s just like everything was clicking last week.”