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Cullen has been a defensive coach since 1991 and has extensive experience calling plays as a defensive coordinator, most recently with the Jacksonville Jaguars in 2021. Quinn will likely want an experienced defensive coach as the next defensive coordinator, rather than a young coach like David Blough on offense.
The players like Cullen, and he brings an intensity on defense that Quinn would love to have around his scheme. Cullen is another old-school coach who would mesh well with what Quinn wants to do.
Cullen has done a great job with the Chiefs’ defensive line over the last few seasons, and even in a down year this season with a top-10 defense under Steve Spagnuolo. The Chiefs allowed the ninth-lowest rushing yards per game, and that starts up front with Chris Jones, George Karlaftis, and others in the trenches. The Commanders had the third-worst rushing defense in the league, even with the majority of the team’s salary cap invested in Daron Payne and Javon Kinlaw.
The Chiefs haven’t invested a lot of draft capital or salary cap on the defensive line, and Cullen still got a lot out of others outside of Jones. The Commanders need to invest and revamp the defensive line this offseason, and not just at the edge position. The defensive tackles have been very disappointing, and hopefully, Cullen could get the most out of Javon Kinlaw and Johnny Newton, while Adam Peters decides on Payne.
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The Washington Commanders seemingly aren’t done with reshaping their coaching staff on offense, with an emphasis on surrounding star quarterback Jayden Daniels with familiar faces, even one whose biggest claim to fame in the NFL is helping Carolina Panthers signal-caller Bryce Young live up to his draft status.
Young finally played like a No.1 overall pick this season, and assistant quarterbacks coach Mike Bercovici is credited with having “played a big role” in his development. That’s according to NFL Insider Jordan Schultz, who reported on Monday, January 12 “The #Commanders have requested to interview Panthers assistant QBs coach Mike Bercovici for their QBs coach position on OC David Blough’s staff.”
Bercovici is an ideal candidate to step into the role vacated when David Blough was promoted from Daniels’ position coach to offensive coordinator. As Schultz pointed out, Bercovici “crossed paths with Jayden Daniels at Arizona State in 2019.”
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They could do a lot worse than recently fired Arizona Cardinals head coach Jonathan Gannon, who will be in for an interview this week and will be a hot commodity for several teams looking to fill their defensive coordinator spots.
“Former Cardinals coach Jonathan Gannon has a busy week ahead,” NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport wrote on X. ” … his interview schedule is...
