Early reactions were underwhelmed when the Washington Commanders hired Dan Quinn as their head coach following the 2023 season.
Fans wanted Ben Johnson. The Commanders wanted him, too. Then, the former Detroit Lions offensive coordinator infamously turned them down while the team plane was in mid-air on the way to interview him.
Quinn was probably Plan B. He was also immediately panned as an uninspiring retread.
With Johnson, now the head coach of the Chicago Bears, set to come to town for a Monday Night Football showdown at Northwest Stadium, it seems like a good opportunity to revisit how he gave the Commanders a blessing in disguise.