Talk some tigers in a little bit here on the Michigan Insider on the Big 1050 WTCA online at the big 1050.com. But in the meantime yesterday, as we get ready for Thursday night's preseason opener, the Hall of Fame game, the Lions and the Chargers from down in Canton, Ohio. Yesterday, we had a chance to catch up with Lions' new offensive coordinator John Morton who met with the media. So let's get to that right now from yesterday in Allen Park.

Now here on The Michigan Insider, here is John Morton on the Big 1050 WTK.

I'm excited today, well, for a couple reasons.

Tight red zone.

We're in the red zone, scored touchdowns, which they've done unbelievable job here, scoring touchdowns.

Top five in the league every year.

But also just, you know, this is our seventh day of install.

So, you know, we've put a lot on the guys here, and they've done an exceptional job.

I mean, you do an install every day.

That's a lot, you know what I mean?

So, but I think it's going really well and I'm really excited.

I'm also excited, you know, John Gruden's going to be here today.

And he's been a big influence mentor in my life.

He's the one that got me started and he's influenced a lot of other coaches, too.

So I'm excited for him to be here the next couple days.

So that being said, any questions?

I had that written down next to just ask about John and just the influences both coaching philosophy and, you know, giving me a start, I guess.

Yeah.

Yeah, he gave me my first start, you know, as a coach.

You know, Al Davis is the one that first hired me.

But John, when I got cut as a rookie in the Raiders, I went to Green Bay,

you know, for about three months. And John was the receiver coach there. So that's how I got to

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