Hotshot coaching candidate’s surprising move shaped two NFL playoff teams

ASHBURN, Va. – Dan Quinn left the Georgetown hotel in Washington D.C. convinced that Washington Commanders general manager Adam Peters and the rest of the team’s hierarchy, including owner Josh Harris and his partners, were the type of guys he wanted to work with.

“What I remember most (was) worry, I guess, like I really wanted the job,” Quinn said Thursday of the days between his in-person interview and receiving the news he had been hired. “So, I was like, ‘(Expletive), I hope they call.’”

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