DETROIT -- A day after a stunning Week 9 loss to the Minnesota Vikings dropped his Detroit Lions to 5-3 on the season, Dan Campbell held a private meeting with first-year offensive coordinator John Morton.

Before the season, Morton was given the tall order of following previous coordinator Ben Johnson in the role. Johnson, who took the head coaching job with the Chicago Bears in the offseason, had helped turn the Lions into one of the NFL's top offenses over his three years in charge -- helping the unit top the league in points (30.15 per game), offensive efficiency and first downs the past two seasons.

But the offense struggled to reach the same heights in the first eight games under Morton. In the 27-24 home loss to the Vikings, the Lions, who had averaged 402.2 yards from 2023 t

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