The HC Dan Quinn Discussion Thread

[Discobob]

Keeping Hartman around when he clearly can't play at an NFL level because he has good chemistry with Daniels...

It's mostly for the swimsuit calendar

 

[Faithful Fan]

I'm playing messenger. Articles bring peoples thoughts and ideas to the table. I am advocating? No. Am I listening? Sure. Interesting perspective. Does it happen? I don't think so. Too much power in one room and egos too. Interesting none the less. Just sharing, people.

I have been a fan of DQ and I know the players love him, but I have to admit the idea of bringing in Harbaugh is intriguing. There’s a reason every team with a vacancy is interested, the guy is a proven winner. I’m still shocked the Ravens let him go.

According to this, at least one team with a coach in place has called about him.

John Harbaugh fired: Seven teams called ex-Ravens coach's agent shortly after firing

Harbaugh is a hot commodity among NFL teams

www.cbssports.com

There are just seven jobs open currently, and the Ravens didn't call about their former coach. That means there's an NFL team out there right now considering firing their own coach for a shot at Harbaugh.

It would make sense if the team with a coach in place was us. We’re coming off a terrible season, just fired both coordinators, and Jayden is comparable to Lamar. Plus the location might appeal to Harbaugh.

Also, as much as I like DQ, Harbaugh has a much better track record.

 

[BayouBrave86]

Lamar Jackson is a two time MVP ffs.

Lamar was gifted one of those MVPs, let’s get real. Should’ve been Allen’s.

And I’ll leave this here:

Jayden has one less playoff win and already half the TD throws in his career than Lamar and his run last year is better than any of Lamar’s playoff runs. 6 less seasons played too.

Jayden Daniels – Playoff Stats (Career)
Career Totals (NFL Playoffs):
Games Played: 3
Completion %: 65.8%
Passing Yards: 822
Pass TDs: 5
INTs: 1
Passer Rating: 97.9
Rushing Yards: 135
Rushing TDs: 1
Win–Loss: 2-1


Lamar Jackson – Playoff Stats (Career)
Career Totals (NFL Playoffs):
Games Played: 8
Completion %: ~60.6%
Passing Yards: 1,753
Pass TDs: 10
INTs: 7
Passer Rating: 84.6
Rushing Yards: 641
Rushing TDs: 3
Win–Loss: 3–5 (Ravens)

 

[Chris 44]

Lamar was gifted one of those MVPs, let’s get real. Should’ve been Allen’s.

And I’ll leave this here:

Jayden has one less playoff win and already half the TD throws in his career than Lamar and his run last year is better than any of Lamar’s playoff runs. 6 less seasons played too.

Jayden Daniels – Playoff Stats (Career)
Career Totals (NFL Playoffs):
Games Played: 3
Completion %: 65.8%
Passing Yards: 822
Pass TDs: 5
INTs: 1
Passer Rating: 97.9
Rushing Yards: 135
Rushing TDs: 1
Win–Loss: 2-1


Lamar Jackson – Playoff Stats (Career)
Career Totals (NFL Playoffs):
Games Played: 8
Completion %: ~60.6%
Passing Yards: 1,753
Pass TDs: 10
INTs: 7
Passer Rating: 84.6
Rushing Yards: 641
Rushing TDs: 3
Win–Loss: 3–5 (Ravens)

Dont care what side of the isle your on.....those stats are eye opening.

 

[Riggo44]

The Fire-Quinn-to-Hire-Harbaugh is the most Snyder thing I've read on here or ES in a long time, possibly ever.

 

[clskinsfan]

Lamar was gifted one of those MVPs, let’s get real. Should’ve been Allen’s.

And I’ll leave this here:

Jayden has one less playoff win and already half the TD throws in his career than Lamar and his run last year is better than any of Lamar’s playoff runs. 6 less seasons played too.

Jayden Daniels – Playoff Stats (Career)
Career Totals (NFL Playoffs):
Games Played: 3
Completion %: 65.8%
Passing Yards: 822
Pass TDs: 5
INTs: 1
Passer Rating: 97.9
Rushing Yards: 135
Rushing TDs: 1
Win–Loss: 2-1


Lamar Jackson – Playoff Stats (Career)
Career Totals (NFL Playoffs):
Games Played: 8
Completion %: ~60.6%
Passing Yards: 1,753
Pass TDs: 10
INTs: 7
Passer Rating: 84.6
Rushing Yards: 641
Rushing TDs: 3
Win–Loss: 3–5 (Ravens)

Your homorism is out of control. Daniels has a chance to be a great QB. Comparing him to Lamar right now is laughable.

 

[method man]

I think DQ is going to be on a short leash with this Blough hiring. Decent chance he is out the door with anything less than a 9-8 record assuming a fairly healthy team.

I'm already going to start thinking about HC candidates for 2027 and the number one guy I'm going to focus on is Shane Steichen who is in a make or break year with a very meh roster and no first round pick in a division that is getting tougher. He is a truly great offensive mind without the personality quirks of McDaniel who has gotten his Colts teams to overachieve despite the limited talent and no real solution at QB during his tenure

 

[Bulldog]

At the end of the day the goal in the NFL is having the 32nd pick in Round 1 because that means you won the Super Bowl.

Everything else is just white noise, personalities and drama.

Quinn may be on a short leash, but so is Peters. He has to show ownership and the fanbase that he can do what they did in San Francisco - find George Kittle in Round 5, Fred Warner in Round 3, etc.

You can and will make mistakes in personnel but you have to have the rare rubies you find too to balance the scales.

So far his personnel moves after Daniels have been mediocre. Some decent, some promising, some uninspired and a few like Lattimore a complete disaster.

 

[McD5]

I've been calling it all year, and will do it again tonight.

Curt Cignetti is the next Joe Gibbs.

 

[Chris]

Well, alrighty then. Good to know.

 

[KDawg]

I've been calling it all year, and will do it again tonight.

Curt Cignetti is the next Joe Gibbs.

Cignetti is fantastic. He is a great football mind and a good leader.

He also has a very expensive roster.

 

[skinzplay]

It's pretty funny how the post-Blough articles are all alluding to how DQ didn't want to make the mistake of not keeping talented young offensive coaches, like when all those guys left ATL after the 2016 season. That's clearly a nudge narrative coming from the team. All those coaches hauled ass outta ATL with cartoon smoke coming from the back of their shoes, with no intent of ever working under DQ again. I don't think McDaniel was ever really coming, though I'm sure he was a primary target along with Blough, as Keim said.

 

[McD5]

Yes. They follow him everywhere and he takes care of them.

I'm pulling for DQ to go 17-0 next year. But if he bombs out, I pray we jump on Cignetti.

 

[heisenberg]

I've been calling it all year, and will do it again tonight.

Curt Cignetti is the next Joe Gibbs.

Except he's a quarter of a century older than Gibbs was when he got his first nfl head coaching gig.

I know nothing of him and im sure hes a great football coach but bringing in a guy who would be making his nfl debut in the head role at 66 years old seems a little risky.

 

[Bulldog]

I don't see any reason to make a move like that. All we need from Peters is practical, rational moves in re personnel and a draft outlook that focuses on not taking big gambles on players early that may be available later like Sinnott, McCaffrey, etc. and doing what they did in 2025.

The 2025 draft was in my mind much better than 2024.

We took players that generally slotted near or just a bit higher than where they were ranked before the draft in the early rounds and didn't take players that were injured or coming off injury issues during their final college seasons in those first 60-75 picks.

Conerly played. Amos played. Lane played. Merritt played. Medrano seems to be a guy that may miss but he was taken at the RIGHT TIME in Round 6 to take that gamble.

I think we can expect Conerly Jr., Amos, Lane and Merritt to all come back next season and build on their rookie campaigns.

It's a breath of fresh air that we didn't have to hide any of these guys at the end of the bench in 2025 and then tell the media they are talented and have good futures

 

[NoCalSkins]

I kind of see the move to replace both coordinators as a warning shot to Dan Quinn. Sort of a way of saying, you didn't make it work with these two other guys, you be better make it work with the two new guys. I guess the question is how long the leash is because say things go sideways the the front office wants to move on from Quinn in another season or two, do we look at the new OC/DC as potentially being promoted to HC because I don't see them having the same "loyalty the the HC that brought me here" that we have seen in the past when the HC literally shows up with his own coaching tree by his side.

 

[Bulldog]

Yep, I think Quinn is in an analogous spot to Siriani after 2023. Both coordinators were let go and several veteran players were either let go or retired.

But Roseman acted quickly to make moves in in the offseason to shore up the roster and give the HC a fighting chance to save his job in 2024.

 

[Conn]

I think DQ is going to be on a short leash with this Blough hiring. Decent chance he is out the door with anything less than a 9-8 record assuming a fairly healthy team.

I'm already going to start thinking about HC candidates for 2027 and the number one guy I'm going to focus on is Shane Steichen who is in a make or break year with a very meh roster and no first round pick in a division that is getting tougher. He is a truly great offensive mind without the personality quirks of McDaniel who has gotten his Colts teams to overachieve despite the limited talent and no real solution at QB during his tenure

I agree with you almost across the board, except that I don’t see 9-8 as being a kill outcome for Quinn as long as Blough looks actually promising, Daniels bounces back to pro bowl-ish level and stays relatively healthy, and the D improves and makes some plays without being historically bad again. Because in the end they want continuity and they want a reason not to fire Quinn. It’ll need to be worse than 9-8 or they’ll need to fail some of the criteria I listed for it to end in a house-cleaning imo.

 

[NoCalSkins]

The Quinn hire never enamored me tbh. I thought at the time Quinn was brought in to more or less be the "get right" experienced coach that you might not necessarily win it all with, but will help building the foundation and getting some pieces in place. I sort of likened to Rivera, where there can be some limited success in spots but I don't see them as the answer at coach long term. The Year 1 success sort of clouded a lot of that and bought some charity, but this is the NFL and we see how quickly that all wears off.

 

[method man]

I agree with you almost across the board, except that I don’t see 9-8 as being a kill outcome for Quinn as long as Blough looks actually promising, Daniels bounces back to pro bowl-ish level and stays relatively healthy, and the D improves and makes some plays without being historically bad again. Because in the end they want continuity and they want a reason not to fire Quinn. It’ll need to be worse than 9-8 or they’ll need to fail some of the criteria I listed for it to end in a house-cleaning imo.

I actually meant 9-8 as the record that would save him. I think 8-9 gets him fired, especially if we finish in 3rd place in the division or lower.

Besides Harbaugh, there really isn’t anktjer candidate currently available who gets you excited.

I think that changes next year. Experienced second timers line Steichen, Lafleur (depending on extension convos this week) and Tomlin could be available.

The next batch of young offensive minds may also start to emerge in a way they did not this year.

Heck, if we go 7-10 and 8-9 and Blough performs well but the defense disappoints again, there is a scenario where DQ gets kicked out and Blough is HC