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John Keim
ASHBURN, Va. — Washington Commanders coach Dan Quinn said the ability to unlock more from quarterback Jayden Daniels factored into the decision to change offensive coordinators after the season.
Quinn, speaking publicly about his staff changes for the first time, said the Commanders’ offense will look different under new coordinator David Blough, who takes over for Kliff Kingsbury. Washington mutually parted ways with Kingsbury two days after its 5-12 season ended.
With Blough, the Commanders want to run more plays under center to help the offense, and Daniels, evolve. Washington ran an NFL-low 192 plays with the quarterback under center over the past two years — 158 fewer than the team with the next fewest, Cincinnati. Daniels has attempted only 18 passes from under center in his first two seasons.
Minnesota. Daniels remained on the active roster, but Quinn announced he would not play for the rest of the season, with the team 3-10 at that point.
Blough said altering the Commanders’ style — they ran no-huddle on 1,271 plays the past two years under Kingsbury, 810 more than any other team — will help Daniels, especially playing under center.
«There’s different ways to go about things,» Blough said, «and it’s something that I’m convicted about that with his skill set, his fundamentals, the things that we absolutely loved about him when he first got here, still rang true. [Under center] is something that we will like to implement with him and get him in that position.»
