Washington’s coordinators talk to the media before practice
Kliff Kingsbury was first up before today’s Washington Commanders practice. He said TEs coach David Raih has been a part of five Hail Mary’s but Jayden Daniels’ Hail Mary was his second as a coach. Kingsbury said former Packers/Cardinals QB coach Tom Clements and Raih installed the Hail Mary in Arizona like it was a normal play, and he thought, “This shit never works”. They were a part of three in Green Bay with Aaron Rodgers, and then Kyler Murray completed one to DeAndre Hopkins when he was the head coach of the Cardinals.
Joe Whitt Jr was so pissed off at his defense for giving up the go-ahead to the Chicago Bears with under a minute left that he almost missed the game-winning Hail Mary from Jayden Daniels. He was leaving the booth but watched the play on a tv, and he was still pissed at the last play he called.
Bobby Wagner is a coach on the field and off the field for Whitt’s defense. He is always studying film, and encouraging other LBs to do the same. Whitt said the brotherhood that you hear about is real, and Wagner is big part of that culture change.