Could not challenging a call come back to haunt Dan Quinn and the Commanders against the Eagles in the NFC Championship game?
Quinn ignored 20-plus years of organizational dysfunction to lead Washington to the NFC title game in his first season as coach.
No one has given them a real chance at doing something special. Offensive coordinator Kliff Kingsbury credited Quinn's ability to galvanize the locker room with some players having a chip on their shoulder due to the narrative that they were sent to Washington "to die" in a football career sense.
When he returned to the NFL after two years in Gainesville, Quinn gained notice by leading the Seahawks' defense in 2013, when they won the Super Bowl. After just two years as Seattle's defensive coordinator, Quinn got his first head coaching job with the Falcons.
The NFC championship game Sunday between the Philadelphia Eagles and Washington Commanders is the third matchup of the season between the division rivals.
Exactly three years ago — on Jan. 21, 2022 — Dan Quinn walked into the Giants ’ training facility in East Rutherford and interviewed for their head coaching vacancy. By this point, the Giants had already hired Joe Schoen as their new general manager. They were trying to find a head coach to pair with him, after fully cleaning house following 2021.
Eight years later, Quinn is back on the cusp of a Super Bowl berth, this time as the first-year head coach of the Commanders. With a new head coach in Quinn and a rookie quarterback in Jayden Daniels, Washington has reached the NFC championship game for the first time since 1992.
The Washington Commanders are responsible for the 1 in 14-1, a thrilling comeback home win against the Eagles in December that made coach Dan Quinn and a special quarterback in Jayden Daniels truly believe that, yes, maybe the long-downtrodden franchise once known more for shoddy ownership is finally equipped to make a Super Bowl run.
Take a look at the Eagles since October — en route to 16 total wins for the second time in three seasons — and all the hallmarks of
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