{"id":161053,"date":"2024-02-04T11:00:41","date_gmt":"2024-02-04T16:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/?p=161053"},"modified":"2024-02-04T03:35:42","modified_gmt":"2024-02-04T08:35:42","slug":"washington-commanders-brian-johnson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2024\/02\/04\/washington-commanders-brian-johnson\/","title":{"rendered":"Washington Commanders Could Hire Former Eagles OC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Washington Commanders could hire former Philadelphia Eagles offensive coordinator, Brian Johnson for the same position after getting Dan Quinn as their next head coach. A lot of news is surrounding Washington as they have a lot of candidates on the table to choose from. Johnson is set to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nfl\/eagles\/news\/philadelphia-eagles-brian-johnson-washington-commanders-offensive-coordinator-interview-nick-sirianni\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">interview <\/a>with the Commanders for the vacant position. This isn\u2019t the only candidate that\u2019s meeting with them.<\/p>\n<p>Former Arizona Cardinal head coach, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2023\/01\/09\/arizona-cardinals-fire-kliff-kingsbury\/\" target=\"_self\">Kliff Kingsbury<\/a> has already met with the Commanders and is now a <a href=\"https:\/\/bleacherreport.com\/articles\/10107836-nfl-rumors-kliff-kingsbury-leading-candidate-for-commanders-oc-after-raiders-talks\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">strong candidate<\/a> for the offensive coordinator position. His contract talks with the Raiders fell through after contract negotiations. Las Vegas Raiders head coach, Antonio Pierce was expected for him to join, but the move to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/nfl\/profootballtalk\/rumor-mill\/news\/kliff-kingsbury-wont-be-joining-the-raiders-after-all\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">back away<\/a> shocked the NFL. Now, many candidates are emerging and there shouldn\u2019t be a surprise if another appears.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s possibly going to be a tough position for Washington and Quinn to choose for their offensive coordinator position. The news probably wouldn\u2019t excite Commanders fans, but it leaves them with numerous options now. Johnson was with Philadelphia for the past three seasons and received a promotion last year after Shane Steichen left to take over as head coach for the Colts.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s still a possibility, that Johnson can start fresh and potentially develop the next franchise quarterback for Washington. Either J.J. McCarthy or Caleb Williams are those possible options. It would definitely help Johnson back on his feet for an NFL job, though after struggling to develop Jalen Hurts.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Commanders?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Commanders<\/a> are expected to interview former <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Eagles?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Eagles<\/a> OC Brian Johnson for their open OC job, sources tell <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BleacherReport?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@BleacherReport<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Kliff Kingsbury will be firmly in the mix for Washington. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EzejXKxktY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/EzejXKxktY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jordan Schultz (@Schultz_Report) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Schultz_Report\/status\/1753869941722235023?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">February 3, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Washington Commanders Could Hire Brian Johnson as Offensive Coordinator<\/h2>\n<h3>He Could Start New in Washington<\/h3>\n<p>After a 4-13 end to their past season, they are very likely to part ways with current offensive coordinator, Eric Bienemy. Bienemy is on the move already <a href=\"https:\/\/bleacherreport.com\/articles\/10107832-raiders-rumors-eric-bieniemy-luke-getsy-among-oc-targets-after-kingsbury-talks\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">speaking to the Raiders<\/a> about their OC vacancy. This would open the door if Johnson lands with the Commanders, he has some promising pieces to work with. Terry McLaurin is still considerably one of the most reliable wide receivers in the league.<\/p>\n<p>Also, Jahan Dotson is a promising young pass-catcher who has numerous years ahead of him. The Commanders have promising running back, Brian Robinson, who\u2019s made his strides to be a dynamic player. It looks like Johnson would be good to go starting new with the potential of this team. The only thing lacking right now is finding the next franchise quarterback for the Commanders.<\/p>\n<p>This will be something that will be up to Dan Quinn and possibly Johnson if he\u2019s hired. Despite his fallout with the Eagles, he could be a different coach next season under the new system. The way how the Commanders remodel their staff shows the true promise of the team\u2019s potential. So this says that any offensive coordinator going under this new system would benefit from it.<\/p>\n<h3>New System Would Reap the Rewards<\/h3>\n<p>After a promising duo between Johnson and Hurts, it all fell apart and things just didn\u2019t work out. It doesn\u2019t rule out the last the league could hear about Johnson if Washington doesn\u2019t hire him. He obviously caught the eye of Nick Sirianni and Philadelphia in 2020 when he was hired. This could be the same scenario for Quinn, but Washington has numerous options.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s likely that Kingsbury could be the next offensive coordinator for Washington, but this doesn\u2019t mean Johnson doesn\u2019t have options left. He could take a year off or another team can call him up. Anything can happen at this point as Johnson is on the hunt for a new job to reap the rewards under a fresh system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is how the Washington Commanders could hire former Philadelphia Eagles, Brian Johnson as their next offensive coordinator. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4795,"featured_media":161060,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[36,21,8896],"tags":[9603,217,9159,4599,4687],"class_list":["post-161053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl-news","category-eagles","category-washington-commanders","tag-brian-johnson","tag-dan-quinn","tag-jahan-dotson","tag-kliff-kingsbury","tag-terry-mclaurin"],"modified_by":"Anthony Palacios","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4795"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=161053"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161053\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/161060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}