Gus Bradley and Dan Quinn, who are preparing to face each other on Sunday, were climbing the coaching ladder in 2009 when they first worked together in Seattle. Bradley was the Seahawks’ defensive coordinator, Quinn the defensive line coach.
Quinn believes they met on the coaching trail in 2008, possibly at the scouting combine.
“He’s one of those guys when you meet, right away you feel his energy, you feel his juice for the teaching,’’ Quinn said of Bradley. ”We hit it off right away.
“You know those times in your life when you meet somebody and, man, you’re like you have that instant connection with them.