Washington Commanders offensive coordinator Kliff Kingsbury has reportedly made the choice to return to the franchise in the identical position subsequent season, regardless of getting critical head-coaching curiosity from the New Orleans Saints and different groups.
Assuming Kingsbury does, actually, return to the Commanders, it’s the very best transfer for all events concerned.
Let’s begin with the Commanders’ aspect of this.
Kingsbury performed an important position in serving to the event of rookie quarterback Jayden Daniels, taking the Commanders offense and turning it into among the finest models in the complete NFL. It fully modified the franchise and turned it into a direct Tremendous Bowl contender in all of their first years with the workforce.
Now they get to run that again once more, whereas additionally giving Daniels the identical system and training employees for yr two of his profession. For pretty much as good as Daniels is, asking him to be taught a wholly new offense for the second yr in a row would have been an enormous impediment.
As for Kingsbury, he’s in an excellent scenario the place there shouldn’t be a lot incentive to vary until the right scenario presents itself.
The Saints, or many of the different head-coaching jobs that had been accessible this offseason, didn’t actually current that.
He’s being paid like a head coach as a result of the Cardinals are nonetheless paying him his wage. He additionally will get a possibility to work with one of many recreation’s finest younger quarterbacks and construct up his resume for an additional yr, whereas additionally maybe ready for a greater alternative to current itself.
Why would he need to depart a scenario the place he can work with a rising star on a Tremendous Bowl contender to take over a workforce with no quarterback possibility and restricted short- and long-term prospects?
There’s additionally the truth that Kingsbury simply may be higher off in a coordinator position. His first two experiences as a head coach (each at Texas Tech and with the Cardinals) produced constant shedding data. Some persons are higher off working a sure ingredient of the workforce versus the entire operation. Kingsbury may be certainly one of them. There’s additionally nothing fallacious with that.
