Tanner Engstrand will remain with the Detroit Lions after the final offensive coordinator position is filled.

Tanner Engstrand will stay with the Lions as the passing game coordinator for the upcoming season, as the final NFL offensive coordinator position has been filled.

The Detroit Lions appeared to have a brief opportunity to lose both coordinators to head coaching positions and at least one assistant to a promotion elsewhere. Tanner Engstrand, the coordinator of passing games, was linked to three positions as offensive coordinators (Seattle Seahawks, Tampa Bay Bucs, and New England Patriots).

As the past week or so has passed, the first two were filled, and Mike Macdonald, the new head coach of the Seahawks, is still assembling his staff. With the announcement late on Friday night that Ryan Grubb would be joining the Seahawks as offensive coordinator, all NFL head coach, offensive coordinator, and defensive coordinator positions are officially filled.

If offensive coordinator Ben Johnson leaves for a head coaching position in a year, Engstrand is the front-runner to take Johnson’s place inside the organization. Therefore, barring an unforeseen circumstance, Engstrand will return to lead the Lions’ passing game in 2024.Deshea Townsend will take over as the new defensive pass game coordinator and cornerbacks coach, while Terrell Williams will take over as the new defensive line coach for the Lions. The team hasn’t made any official announcements yet, but they will after the 2024 coaching staff is finalized.

Success like the Lions’ this season comes with a price: other teams want to try to acquire assistant coaches in order to capitalize on their success. Coordinators, like Johnson and defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn, rise to the top of the head coaching ranks. Other assistants who are being considered for promotions include Engstrand and Antwaan Randle El, the wide receivers coach. somewhere else.

Without access to precise statistics, it must be extremely uncommon for a conference semifinalist to not lose any assistant coaches to other teams (being afraid to decide to make a move themselves for any reason). That says something about the loyalty assistants have for Dan Campbell and the general desire of coaches to be involved in the Detroit issue for as long as possible without really jeopardizing their prospects for the future.