Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson is leaving no stone unturned in the search for success in 2023, as Detroit enters the season as the odds-on favorite to win the NFC North.
In fact, Johnson detailed his plans to use a play that was suggested by an official during joint practices with the Jaguars earlier in training camp.
“I think we were practicing against Jacksonville a couple weeks ago, and it’s a special teams period,” Johnson said, via Pride of Detroit. “And one of the officials walked up to me, and I still have the diagram in my office. It’s a piece [of paper]. He’s got 11 guys written up, and he literally took the entire special teams period—it was over five minutes—talking about how this play would work out. It’s a good idea. It’s a little bit out of the box. I don’t know if I’ve ever seen it happen before. … I’ll let you guys [know]. I’ve got to give credit where it’s due.”
