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Ralph Vacchiano
NFC East Reporter
The trend of the NFL’s coaching carousel has been the same for years — teams searching for their own version of Sean McVay, a young offensive whiz built to succeed in an offensive era. Even new Commanders GM Adam Peters saw how well that could work during his years in San Francisco with Kyle Shanahan as the 49ers head coach.
But the rise of Dan Campbell and the Detroit Lions over the last two seasons reminded everyone that there might be something more important than offensive genius.
Leadership sometimes matters even more.
That’s what Peters said he wanted in a head coach, and that’s what he found in Dan Quinn, the former Dallas Cowboys defensive coordinator who was hired as the Commanders’ new head coach on Thursday morning, according to multiple sources. Even though Peters’ top choice always seemed to be Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson — a young offensive whiz — he insisted he wasn’t just looking for a dynamic playcaller. He wanted “the best leader for this team.”
And that seems to be exactly what he got.
“There aren’t many better leaders in the coaching ranks than Dan Quinn,” an NFC general manager said in a text to FOX Sports after the Commanders decision was revealed. “It’s why so many teams wanted to hire him over the last few years.”
The 53-year-old Quinn has been in demand for a while, in part because of his stellar coaching resume. He had a relatively successful five-and-a-half-year run as the head coach in Atlanta (2015-20) where he went 43-42, got to the playoffs twice and even led the Falcons to their first Super Bowl in 2017. They may have famously blown a 28-3 third-quarter lead in that game before losing to the New England Patriots in overtime, but even that couldn’t completely tarnish Quinn’s reputation.
He’s undoubtedly a defensive whiz. He was the defensive coordinator in Seattle during their Legion of Boom years, when they ranked No. 1 in the NFL…
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Publish date : 2024-02-01 19:42:09
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