00:00Last week, or over the weekend, excuse me, Jason LaConfora, who covered the team for the Post for many years,
00:09has been up in Baltimore, CBS, lots of different NFL outlets over the years.
00:16He had something on Washington last week, and I'm forgetting what it is now.
00:20What did he have that we referenced?
00:22Was it IUC-related?
00:24It probably was IUC-related.
00:26Oh, yes, he reported that the 49ers were planning on releasing IUC prior to training camp.
00:34So, over the weekend, he wrote about Dan Quinn being on the hot seat heading into 2026.
00:44Look, I think a lot of you probably agree with that.
00:46I would not, me personally, I wouldn't say the seat is hot, but I would say it's warm.
00:52Again, I can't imagine anybody reasonable, new ownership, Josh Harrison Company, Mitch Rails, etc., Adam Peters, front office, could hang
01:052026 on Dan Quinn.
01:07I'm sorry, but I just would never be able to do that if I owned the team.
01:11I understand the reality of the NFL.
01:14The reality is when your best players, especially when your best player is your quarterback and he doesn't play, your
01:22season is doomed, no matter what you try to do.
01:25Of course, there were moments like the Minnesota game where the injuries didn't explain everything.
01:30We've talked about that.
01:31Locke and Fora wrote over the weekend that Dan Quinn, while not mentioned as often as others who are coaching
01:40for their jobs in the upcoming season,
01:42that several executives from rival clubs believe he is in a make-or-break season.
01:50This from Locke and Fora.
01:51Washington's ownership group wants to project cohesion after years of tumultuous ownership with Daniel Snyder as the controlling party,
01:59but their actions this offseason spoke loudly to others around the league.
02:05GM Adam Peters wields considerable power with ownership, and Quinn's staff was largely gutted this offseason, including both of his
02:14coordinators.
02:15Quinn was hired largely for his success as a defensive coordinator, but that unit suffered in both years,
02:21and he is no longer installing his own defense and overseeing that unit.
02:26Once Daniels begins to make massive quarterback money, anything close to his rookie season would ensure that the ability to
02:33construct a roster becomes much more difficult.
02:36When a team makes as sweeping staff changes as Washington did, the industry views that as putting the head coach
02:45on notice.
02:47And then he's got this quote from a longtime NFL personnel executive who said,
02:57quote, keep an eye on former Bills head coach, Sean McDermott, there, there as in Washington, next year.
03:08Just remember who told you first, closed quote.
03:11Well, all we have here is one longtime NFL personnel executive, so we're not going to remember who that was
03:17because it's anonymous.
03:20But that longtime NFL personnel executive told Locke and Fora, Sean McDermott, can you imagine if they replaced Dan Quinn
03:28with another defensive head coach?
03:30That would be interesting.
03:34Let me just tell you, like, if you go through the league's head coaches, Quinn is not at the top
03:39of the list odds-wise, I'm going to guess.
03:41We don't have the odds in front of us.
03:43Here's who I would say is on a warmer seat than Quinn.
03:49Are you ready for my list?
03:51My list would include Nick Sirianni, for sure, is on a hotter seat in Philadelphia.
03:57You agree with that?
03:59Yeah, I'd agree with that.
04:00Aaron Glenn is on a hotter seat in New York.
04:08I don't think Mike Vrabel, even because of the Diana situation, is on any sort of warm seat.
04:13Hold on, I'm going through the list of coaches.
04:16Zach Taylor?
04:17Zach Taylor is on a hotter seat than Dan Quinn.
04:22No doubt about it.
04:27Hold on, going through the list of coaches.
04:31Shane Steichen, no.
04:32D'Amico Ryans, no.
04:33You know who's going to be surprisingly on a list if Detroit doesn't play well?
04:39Dan Campbell.
04:40But he's not on that seat right now, okay?
04:43I'm not saying that.
04:44But imagine they go two straight years of not getting it done.
04:49I would think that his shtick could grow old pretty quickly.
04:53Is Brian Schottenheimer, does he have to get the Cowboys to the postseason this year?
04:58I don't think this year.
04:59Jerry's actually always been surprisingly patient.
05:01Is LeFleur on a hot seat of some kind if the Packers have a disappointing year?
05:07Didn't they just give him an extension?
05:08Did they?
05:09Yeah.
05:10I thought they ended up giving him an extension.
05:12It might have.
05:14I mean, I would say Zach Taylor, Nick Sirianni, who was the third?
05:21Aaron Glenn are all on hotter seats than Quinn.
05:26By the way, if for whatever reason, the Chargers don't go to the playoffs and win a game or two,
05:35could Jim Harbaugh be on a warm seat?
05:37You know, it's funny.
05:39I just scrolled past that name and started thinking that exact same thing.
05:42Could Kevin O'Connell be in the same if Minnesota fails miserably?
05:46Lack of quarterback, I wouldn't put that on him.
05:48It wasn't him.
05:49It was quasi the former GM that fell in love with McCarthy.
05:57Yeah.
05:59He's probably bordering on the top five odds wise of coaches to be fired first in terms of the odds.
06:09We just can't find the odds right now.
06:11I was going to say, it's really interesting going through this list because there are a lot of times preseason
06:16that you will read a name and be like, yeah, he's probably got like eight or nine games.
06:20And I'm going through this list and I just don't have a good read on who would be the first
06:27to go.
06:27Aaron Glenn.
06:29Glenn is probably is.
06:30Yeah.
06:31And I would say Nick Sirianni.
06:33I mean, we thought Nick Sirianni at some point two years ago was on a hot seat.
06:37And then last year at one point, I mean, it just seems like if Philadelphia does the Philadelphia market,
06:43if they don't bounce back with a big season, which, by the way, you can't even judge until they get
06:49to the postseason right now,
06:51if they start off four and six or whatever, and at the trade deadline or at a bye week, I
06:57don't even have their schedule in front of me.
06:59If they're three and seven or something like that, it could happen, I guess.
07:05Yeah.
07:06I mean, I consider Quincy to be warm.
07:09I don't consider it to be hot.
07:10I understand the idea of when you swap out both coordinators in the same offseason, you know, many times that's
07:19like, all right, you know,
07:20you're getting your wish or we're getting our wish together.
07:24Now you got to make it work.
07:26I just think the context around Quinn's 2026 is just largely things out of his control.
07:34You know, despite what he told Evan Washburn, which I think is the right answer from the head coach.
07:39Head coaches and players and front offices don't talk about injuries.
07:44We can do that, and we understand the reality that they are legitimate reasons.
07:51And I just would never, you know, unless there's stuff behind the scenes that we don't know.
07:58But certainly, you know, the 12 and five in the NFC championship season, I think bought him at least two
08:07full seasons minimum.
08:10Uh, but we'll see.
08:12Yeah.
08:13Interesting.
08:13Uh, you want to take calls on this 301-230-0980, 301-230-0980.
08:21Describe the temperature of Dan Quinn's seat.
08:27Is it cool?
08:29He's good.
08:30Is it warm?
08:32Bad season and he could be in trouble.
08:34Or is it hot?
08:36Like, he better get off to a really good start.
08:39He could be in trouble even before the season ends.
08:42He could be in trouble even before the season ends.
08:42He could be in trouble even before the season ends.
08:42He could be in trouble even before the season ends.
08:42He could be in trouble even before the season ends.
08:42He could be in trouble even before the season ends.
08:42You
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