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Dan Quinn showed up to the 2024 NFL combine with multiple objectives – to evaluate that draft class’ prospects but also to recruit. As he built his staff ahead of his first season with the Washington Commanders, he wanted to leave Indianapolis with another name on the coaches’ roster.
The target was a quarterback who had been on the Detroit Lions’ practice squad a year prior: David Blough, who was transitioning into coaching and had more than one team vying for his services.
Blough ultimately signed up to be the Commanders’ assistant quarterbacks coach and was vital to Jayden Daniels’ historic rookie season after Washington selected him No. 2 overall. He’s also part of a trend that is becoming more common across the league.
To develop a young quarterback – the most important investment in perhaps all of professional sports – having a young quarterbacks coach (or assistant quarterbacks coach) can go a long way.
“We have great belief in him,” Quinn said at the 2025 combine of Blough. “This is a coach who you would not know this is his first year in coaching.”
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