"Johnny is a tremendous worker. He’ll be the last one out, first one in in the morning. I’m happy," Sean Payton said.

This article was originally published on www.si.com as Sean Payton Has Nothing But Praise for Longtime Assistant John Morton, New Lions OC.

Campbell cast his gaze west to the Mile High City, where his former boss — Sean Payton — was coming ... to retain was pass game coordinator John Morton, whom Campbell plucked to be Detroit's ...

But Sean Payton‘s features multiple branches ... Campbell plucked Broncos passing game coordinator John Morton to lead the Lions offense, making him the coordinator on Tuesday, a source confirmed.

John Morton spent the 2022 season as a senior offensive assistant with the Lions before leaving to become pass game coordinator for Sean Payton and the Denver Broncos the past two years.

The Lions have hired John Morton as their offensive coordinator ... serving as the passing game coordinator for head coach Sean Payton. He replaces Johnson, who left Detroit to become the ...

John Morton was mentioned peripherally as a candidate ... and he spent the last two year's under Dan Campbell's mentor Sean Payton with the Denver Broncos as passing game coordinator.

Yet every day before training camp practice he could be found in the same place at the same pace — walking the perimeter of the practice fields with passing game coordinator John Morton.

The Denver Broncos lost nine staff members this offseason, including pass game coordinator John Morton ... three years ago," Broncos coach Sean Payton said of Morton in March.