Sean Payton and Dan Quinn are not any strangers to at least one one other. The Denver Broncos head coach was in New Orleans for 15 seasons because the Saints‘ head coach. For shut to 6 years, Quinn was the pinnacle coach of the Atlanta Falcons, and so they had been rivals of the Saints within the NFC South. Quinn’s Falcons went 4-6 in opposition to Payton’s Saints.
On Sunday evening, Payton will face Quinn for the primary time as the pinnacle coach of the Washington Commanders. Each groups are coming off a bye, however are in fully totally different locations. Denver has received eight consecutive video games, whereas the Commanders have misplaced six in a row. The excellent news is that Washington is hopeful of getting some gamers again from damage, however quarterback Jayden Daniels won’t be certainly one of them. He is not less than one week away from returning.
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Not solely will Payton and Quinn reignite an previous rivalry, however Payton will name Denver’s offensive performs in opposition to Quinn, who will name Washington’s defensive performs. The Commanders made a change at defensive coordinator earlier than Week 11, demoting Joe Whitt Jr. and having Quinn take over because the defensive play-caller. It is not a transfer Quinn wished to make, however he had no selection because of Washington’s defensive struggles.
What sort of changes has Payton made as a result of Commanders’ defensive coordinator change?
“We checked out all these numbers,” Payton mentioned Wednesday. “I do know he simply began calling, so we’ve checked out these. They’ve had some accidents. Actually, truthfully, going again to Dallas, the final two years in Dallas, after which his early years with their defensive coordinators calling performs, all of the stress p.c, man p.c, zone. They had been like useless on. We take a look at all of it, you then take a look at the opponent they’re enjoying. Typically it is perhaps an opponent-driven recreation plan. They do plenty of issues effectively. They do a very good job disguising pressures, in order that’s the important thing factor this week: ensuring now we have solutions, very similar to every week in the past. Totally different system, however with ‘Spags’ (Chiefs Defensive Coordinator Steve Spagnuolo), there’s loads it’s a must to cowl. I might say that’s the case this week.”
Washington performed arguably its finest defensive recreation of the yr beneath Quinn’s play-calling two weeks in the past. It is value noting that Miami wasn’t the identical offensive staff as among the ones the Commanders confronted within the weeks earlier than.
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Accidents have decimated Washington’s season. The Commanders are skinny at defensive finish and cornerback, and face the Broncos’ offensive line, which is among the NFL’s finest. Can Washington hold it shut sufficient to provide the offense an opportunity to drag off the upset on Sunday Evening Soccer?
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