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Greg Auman
NFC South Reporter
INDIANAPOLIS — He has literally counted the days.
Dan Quinn took the podium Tuesday afternoon at the NFL Combine to talk about his future as the Commanders’ new head coach, but he also talked about how long he spent preparing for this second chance, casually mentioning that it’s been exactly 1,234 days since the Falcons fired him.
That was five games into the 2020 season, and the Falcons were 0-5, four years removed from a Super Bowl appearance. He finished 43-42 in Atlanta and spent the past three years as the Cowboys’ defensive coordinator, working his way back to the pinnacle of coaching.
“There has been plenty of opportunity to make sure I thought a lot about this,” said Quinn, 53, the last hire of a busy NFL coaching cycle. “From a staff standpoint, from the processes that need to go in place, the personnel, the scouting, my involvement with them. More so now than ever, I’ve had a chance to reflect and do that. Every once in a while, you’re at the right place at the right time, in your life and in your career, and I certainly feel like that’s this place, right now, for me.”
Quinn takes over a Washington franchise that hasn’t finished above .500 since 2016 — two team names ago — and hasn’t won a playoff game since the 2005 season, with four appearances and four losses since. There is new ownership in place, a new general manager in Adam Peters, and Quinn has put together a strong staff, bringing Joe Whitt from the Cowboys as defensive coordinator and hiring Kliff Kingsbury as offensive coordinator.
Not every NFL head coach is in Indianapolis this week, but Quinn wouldn’t have it any other way. He said all the on-field drills and measurements are important, but not nearly as much as the interviews and the chance to learn more about prospects as people.
“One of the things that I do enjoy about this time is the interview portion,” Quinn said. “You’re really trying to get into not…
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Publish date : 2024-02-28 14:05:30
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