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Redskins Rumors: Jack Del Rio Is 'Leading Candidate' to Be Ron Rivera's DC

The Washington Redskins have agreed on terms to hire Ron Rivera as their next head coach, NFL Network's Mike Silver reported Tuesday morning, and ESPN's Adam Schefter added that Rivera "is expected to target" Jack Del Rio as "the leading candidate" to become Washington's next defensive coordinator.

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The Ron Rivera-Jack Del Rio team in Washington will be a strong one. In 2002, Del Rio took over the league’s worst defense in Carolina and turned it into the NFL’s second-ranked unit; in 2012 he took Broncos from 20th-ranked defense to second.