{"id":19852,"date":"2025-04-07T23:14:39","date_gmt":"2025-04-07T23:14:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=19852"},"modified":"2025-04-07T23:14:39","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T23:14:39","slug":"hot-news-lions-dan-campbell-speaks-out-on-life-after-ben-johnson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=19852","title":{"rendered":"HOT NEWS: Lions&#8217; Dan Campbell Speaks Out on Life After Ben Johnson"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\">\n<div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2181369987-1.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2181369987-1.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2181369987-1.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2181369987-1.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Lions' Dan Campbell Speaks Out on Life After Ben Johnson\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>A lot of Detroit Lions followers weren\u2019t too happy to see expert offensive coordinator Ben Johnson head to one of the Lions\u2019 chief rivals: the Chicago Bears. But, it was nothing personal. Johnson saw a good opportunity for him have his first head coach position and work with a rising quarterback in Caleb Williams, so he took it.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, Johnson leaving still stings, tough, and it\u2019s going to make for some very intense games with the Lions go up against the Bears. Now, the Lions are moving forward, and head coach Dan Campbell is making sure the league knows that losing Johnson isn\u2019t going to make the Lions\u2019 offense any weaker.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Detroit Lions Head Coach on Current Offense<\/h2>\n<p>Speaking during the NFL\u2019s annual league meetings last week, Campbell talked about the strength of the team\u2019s offense.<\/p>\n<p>Campbell\u2019s message is clear: It doesn\u2019t matter who\u2019s calling the plays, because it\u2019s the players who deliver those plays in a successful way. So, you can take away that coach, but if you still have the pieces of the puzzle, as the Lions do, then you\u2019re golden.<\/p>\n<p>One big piece of that puzzle is Lions quarterback Jared Goff. Campbell praised Goff during the league meetings and expressed that he has a lot of trust in the signal-caller.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverything we wanted him to do in the offense, he did,\u201d Campbell said of Goff. \u201cAnd then he began to bring stuff to us, as to, \u2018Hey, man, I can see this look. Let me get to this play. I know I\u2019ve got these options in the bag.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe added, But let me get to this, as well.\u2019 Right? Those are the things where (it\u2019s like), \u2018OK, here we go, man. That\u2019s beginning to show.\u2019 I would anticipate that to take another step up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Detroit Lions have done their part in the offseason to secure their offensive squad. They\u2019ve paid a lot of money for it, too. The team has secured multi-season extensions for Goff, David Montgomery, Amon-Ra St. Brown, Penei Sewell and Taylor Decker. So, the pieces are there, and Campbell is putting them together.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can say, \u2018Well this is our scheme, this is what we\u2019re running.\u2019 No, no, no,\u201d Campbell said. \u201c(The players are) the ones who make it what it is. That\u2019s our playbook, those guys.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Lions\u2019 Needs in the Upcoming Draft<\/h2>\n<p>The NFL draft is coming up, and the Lions will be looking to secure some additional key players. One big need is for another defensive lineman to pair with Aidan Hutchinson.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>While everyone has their best guesses as to what the Lions will do, Tom Fornelli of CBS Sports thinks the team should snag Donovan Ezeiruaku of Boston College in the draft.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot impossible the Lions go after Tyler Booker or their favorite remaining interior OL, but a bookend to Aidan Hutchinson remains a priority,\u201d Fornelli said in his feature, which was published Friday, April 4. \u201cEzeiruaku is a high-moter player who was very productive at Boston College, and those are traits the Lions seem to prioritize.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Detroit Lions head coach Dan Campbell is sending a strong message about the team&#8217;s status following Ben Johnson.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19853,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19852","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-detroit-lions"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>HOT NEWS: Lions&#039; 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