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With the Commanders having just fired defensive coordinator Joe Whitt and offensive line coach Bobby Johnson, mutually parted ways with offensive coordinator Kliff Kingsbury, promoted David Blough from assistant QB coach to offensive coordinator to replace Kliff, and begun the process of filling the open position-coaching spots, we thought it would be a good time to survey your level of confidence in the team’s general manager and head coach.
While this coaching upheaval seems to mark the transition from DQ 1.0 to DQ 1.1, Quinn and Peters have been so strong and consistent in their messaging about collaboration in all things, it’s hard not to include the general manager in the reflection on the season and the coaching changes.
In this week’s Reacts survey, Hogs Haven readers were asked to rate their level of confidence right now in both men — Quinn and Peters. The results came in pretty much as I expected them to.
As you can see, based on weighted averages scores, confidence in GM Peters (3.58) ranks between neutral and high, while confidence in head coach Quinn (3.15) hovers closer to neutral.
I don’t think it’s any secret that the 5-win result in the 2025 regular season eroded fan confidence in DQ more significantly than it did for his boss Adam Peters, but fans have largely soured on both of them to a greater or lesser degree, with only about 1 in 20 survey respondents professing ‘absolute’ confidence in either man.
For both the GM and head coach, 56% of respondents rated their confidence as ‘neutral’ or ‘high’, but the percentages were flipped, with 31% rating confidence in Peters as ‘high’ while 31% rated confidence in Quinn as ‘neutral’. In addition, the 3rd most popular rating was significant, with 18% rating confidence in Peters as ‘very high’ while 19% rated confidence in DQ as ‘low’.
Overall, it paints a picture of fans who are in wait & see mode after 2 seasons of AP & DQ. Their first season together, in 2024, could hardly have gone better, with the Commanders earning a 12-5 regular season record followed by a pair of road wins in the NFC playoffs before losing to the eventual super bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles in the conference championship game. The second season, 2025, could hardly have gone worse, with an embarrassing 5-12 regular season record despite a respectable 3-3 division mark. After Week 5, almost the only ‘silver lining moment’ came in the final game of the season when Washington beat Philly to prevent the Eagles from getting the #2 seed in the playoffs. The Eagles’ subsequent loss to the Niners to be ‘one & done’ in the playoffs was pitifully small consolation for Washington’s horrid season.
The 2026 offseason and regular season will be a proving ground for both Adam Peters and Dan Quinn as far as most Washington fans are concerned.
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