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When problems arose, Kingsbury resolved them.
In the second game against the New York Giants, despite moving the ball at will, Washington’s red zone offense was dismal. They had to rely on seven field goals to win. A week later, they scored five touchdowns.
When Daniels suffered a rib injury in the middle of the season, his coaches taught him how to slide and when to get out of bounds. By the time the injury healed, the former LSU star was making much better decisions about running the ball.
Kingsbury made sure to get the most out of the best player he had outside of his quarterback. Terry McLaurin saw a slight drop in targets in 2024, but that is only because Washington was much better balanced than in 2023. They threw the ball 100 times more under Eric Bieniemy.
McLaurin’s target share, receptions, and receiving yardage all went up. His touchdowns skyrocketed. His longest catch went for just 48 yards in 2023. The second-team All-Pro had six catches of better than 50 yards under Kingsbury’s guidance.
Brian Robinson Jr. and Jeremy McNichols posted career-high rushing totals. Zach Ertz had his best season since 2021. Olamide Zaccheaus equaled his best season. Dyami Brown turned into a bona fide playmaker.
Kingsbury’s success in designing his offense and calling plays resulted in top 10 finishes in yards, points, yards-per-play, first downs, rushing yards, passing and rushing touchdowns. They were second to the Detroit Lions in the percentage of drives that resulted in scores.
The Commanders were sixth in third down conversions, and overwhelmingly first on fourth downs, converting an astonishing 87 percent on the year. For context, the Buffalo Bills, with Josh Allen under center, was second at 74%.
[S]pecial teams coach John Glenn...was Carroll’s linebackers coach for six years with the Seattle Seahawks. He is the first coach leaving the Commanders, headed to be the Raiders’ linebackers coach, according to Tom Pelissero of NFL Network.
Commanders general manager Adam Peters made it clear that Lattimore will be back in 2025 when he spoke with reporters on Monday.
“It was a tough situation for him to come in, but what was cool was, we saw him get better and we saw him get more acclimated, not only to the defense, but to his teammates,” Peters said during the end-of-year press conference. ”So, [we’re] really excited for him to have an offseason with us and and really learn the defense from the ground-up and really have that full runway of training camp leading into...
