The Commanders will have a new offensive coordinator in 2026 and head coach Dan Quinn said at a Tuesday press conference that he expects some new wrinkles with David Blough calling the team’s plays.
Blough was on the staff last year as a quarterbacks coach, so he knows Jayden Daniels well but Quinn said that wasn’t the deciding factor in the decision to promote Blough to his new role but that maximizing Daniels’s output is a significant part of any offensive decisions they make.
While Blough worked under Kliff Kingsbury, Quinn said the offense will “look different” in 2026.
“This is going to be like an aggressive, balance attack that will probably have more under center than we have in the past,” Quinn said. “That’s also for run action and play passes to generate explosive plays. We’re going to feature every part of Jayden that makes him unique and special, but also the run action and the runs and the play action game that goes with it.”
Daniels missed 10 games with injuries in 2025 and his health will be at least as significant as any schematic tweaks to what the Commanders are able to do on offense in Blough’s first season running the show.
Wes Welker joined the Commanders as a personnel analyst last year, but he will have a new role for the 2026 season.
Commanders head coach Dan Quinn said at a Tuesday press conference that Welker will be part of the team’s offensive coaching staff. Quinn did not share what title or responsibilities Welker will have in Washington.
Welker was the Dolphins’ wide receivers coach from 2022-2024 and held the same job with the 49ers for the previous three seasons. He also spent time with the Texans after retiring as a wide receiver.
Quinn also revealed that William Gay will be the team’s cornerbacks coach after being an assistant defensive backs coach last season.
The family of former NFL All-Pro Barry Wilburn confirmed that he died in a house fire in Memphis on February 6 at the age of 62.
Wilburn played college football at Ole Miss and was an eighth-round pick by Washington in 1985. He played for the team through the 1989 season and also saw time for the Browns and Eagles during his NFL days.
Wilburn led the NFL with nine interceptions during the 1987 season and was voted an All-Pro on his way to winning a Super Bowl ring. Wilburn was also part of a Grey Cup champion during his time in the CFL.
Wilburn finished his NFL career with 246 tackles, 20 interceptions, a forced fumble and six fumble recoveries in 91 regular season games. He also had three playoff interceptions during the 1987 Super Bowl run and returned an interception for a touchdown while with the Eagles in the 1995 playoffs.
Kliff Kingsbury has found his next landing spot.
Kingsbury is joining the Rams’ offensive staff, according to a report from ESPN.
Kingsbury, 46, spent the last two seasons with the Commanders as the team’s offensive coordinator. While he received some interest for head coaching vacancies and other offensive coordinator vacancies, Kingsbury will instead be headed to Los Angeles for 2026.
ESPN’s Peter Schrager reports that head coach Sean McVay and Kingsbury have spent the last two weeks talking about a potential role. With the Giants going with Matt Nagy as offensive coordinator, the path was cleared for Kingsbury to join L.A.
While Kingsbury’s title has not yet been reported, the Rams do have a vacancy at offensive coordinator as Mike LaFleur departed the organization to become Cardinals head coach. However, the club’s passing game coordinator, Nate Scheelhaase, is widely expected to be promoted to that role.
Kingsbury amassed a 28-37-1 record as Cardinals head coach with a 0-1 postseason record from 2019-2022. He spent the 2023 season in Los Angeles as USC’s senior offensive assistant before being hired as Washington’s offensive coordinator in 2024.
The family of Pro Football Hall of Famer Sonny Jurgensen announced on Friday that he has died at the age of 91.
Jurgensen spent 18 seasons as a quarterback in the NFL and entered the league as an Eagles fourth-round pick out of Duke in 1957. He backed up Norm Van Brocklin when the Eagles won the 1960 NFL Championship and became the team’s starter the next season.
Jurgensen was a first-team All-Pro in 1961 and was traded to Washington in 1964. He remained with the team through the 1974 season and was voted a second-team All-Pro in both 1967 and 1969. He led the league in passing yards five times over the course of his career and ranks 51st all-time with 32,224 career passing yards.
Jurgensen’s No. 9 was retired in Washington and he is in the team’s Ring of Fame as well as the Eagles’ Hall of Fame. He was elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1983.
