David Blough Hired as OC | John Keim Report

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1. This a huge gamble. Let's hope this work.

2. The positive and optimistic point of it is that David Blough is already in the building drawing up the playbook. He’s been working close with JD5 and probably already going over concepts. The unknown is very uncomfortable but I’m optimistic!

3. DQ – if I'm going down, I'm going out with a bang!

4. The man has never called one play in the NFL. Being young. doesn’t necessarily make him Sean McVay

5. John, this has the potential to be a disaster. Usually when a young coordinator is promoted, it's for an offensive minded head coach, DQ is a defensive coach, so Blough will have much more responsibility than McVay or O'Connell ever did. I expect Blough to try to "make everyone happy" and he deferential because of his inexperience which could lead to disaster and stunting of Jayden's development.

6. Who?

7. One advantage Blough has IS he's never called plays before. Opposing DC's have no film on him yet to come up with a defensive scheme.

8. Yeah—well in previous years we let Matt Lafleur, McVey, O’Connell, and others leave and become very successful head coaches. Probably a good move. Maybe McDaniel can become another assistant head coach on the staff. Who know? Good Kobe. Speaks the same language as Daniels is used to hearing and I’m sure Daniels endorsed it. Guaranteed they asked his opinion.

9. Jayden is him can we run the ball?!?

10. John Keim; Stop begging for subscribers.

    Just get into YOUR talking points.

    VERY ANNOYING CUZ.

11. Understand….a 2yo toddler has as much experience as Blough.

    Marie Antoinette has as much experience as Blough

    Petrified dinosaur dung has as much experience as Blough

    You may not like those facts … remember facts don't care about your feelings

12. John Keim and Paul Woody my all time favs covering the skins. 🙏🏿

13. Rolling dice means gambling… yep that is what this is. Hope the dice land favorably for us.

14. David Blough was about to be gone. He was definitely sought after by other teams.

15. ask to interview the eagles DC. lol roll that dice

16. Quinn will get fired for this move

17. As always thanks John!

18. MCDANIELS

19. Hamsters on a wheel since 1991

20. Same ppl complaining are same ppl posting all the young guys we let go over yesrs . Think its a BALLSY move & its easy to look back last 35 yrs & see that the older proven names dont mean it will work. Think Blough is an epic Hire!

21. I really don’t know much about this young man but I hope it works out.

22. Go old school guy for line coach. Go new, innovative, bold, electric for all other positions.

23. & I don’t think DQ wanted McDaniel. One good year & he would’ve been gone. Dan is banking on building from here. Having Jayden with the same OC for next 5 years.

24. Seems like JD5 made the call.

25. Washington nailed the hire. He definitely will add wrinkles to what he's already learned.. Keeps continuity amongst the staff and players with in-house hire. I say A+ HTTC

26. Thinking this was too quick a move. Was anyone else even interviewed ?!? Got to be more qualified available OC s? Oh well. It's done now. DQ is officially on the hot seat. Another year like 2025 and he's outta here.

27. On top of that John didn't he have two to three quarterback coach interviews last year with a couple teams

28. Maybe find a guy that knows his system to work the booth upstairs
    And help teach

29. The Commanders are content with being a losing organization! There's no way I make that signing after the season they just had offensively. Poor signing

30. Everybody wanted McDaniel, I did too. But this makes perfect sense. If McDaniel came here and did well, he def would be a head coach in a year or two. Keeping the continuity within the staff is good, our new OC is someone that has an already great relationship with JD, that’s a huge plus. DB seems to be the next wave of offensive geniuses, he had a lot of interest from outside the building so we def couldn’t afford to lose him. DB could possibly become the head coach here in DC in the next few years if DQ leaves or is promoted. It’s an overall good move, risky, but def a risk worth taking. HAIL ❤️💛

31. Smfh…dude was a bum.but got an nfl coaching gig cause hes white. I hate the NFL!

32. Love it

33. If anybody knows what a coaching prodigy looks like, it’s DQ. It’s also this organization (all be it new people). Our offense didn’t really struggle outside of the injuries. So with Lynn and Johnson backing him up, it shouldn’t be a huge maturation process. Btw, there’s like 8 open HC spots this year. We’ll get a DC after the smoke settles. Thats the spot we need to hit on!

34. Joe Gibbs had more experience but was relatively unknown. This could be a good hire. HTTR

35. This aint gonna end well smh…

36. If the choice was made from Logic , then I respect it , but if it was made out of fear , then I don’t. Was is blough mind , or was it the fact you just didn’t want to look stupid watching Detroit shine , if I owned a team I would just inquire about all of their coaches just to force hires like this 😩🤣😂 but I was ready from a change from Kliff , so LFG 🤷🏽‍♂️ this is nothing new for our team !

37. No . D.Q is rolling the dice. He will lose his job if this move doesn’t work.

38. I like the decision why not look who he has learned from

39. Thank You John for Your report.

40. Fresh face. New ideas. If our owner deals with the sixers and hasn’t fired that front office AP and DQ good.

41. I think this was the succession plan for Kliff.

42. Thanks John. I have no problem with this because the system is in place. Prioritize more commitment to the running game. Focus on a younger team and plz make the Defense a top priority. I’m ready for a return to a nasty defense.

43. My daughter went to high school with David, watching him play football was almost comical, he was so clearly in a different league than anybody else on the field. He was a good kid and had always been a class act even as a teenager. Somebody on the opposing team got hurt? He was the first one to take a knee.

44. Mr Keim's instincts were spot on 😁. Let's hope blough can learn from here on through camp how he wishes to do things.

45. We have let so many next big things walk right out the door. Shannahan, McVay, even McDaniels spent time with us developing into mostly great HCs. Lets guve him a shot before we end up letting another one walk put the door.

46. I don't agree that we need another TE or RB. Sinnott has not been used enough. They have strictly stuck with Ertz this year, because they were lacking receivers given the injury. They need to use their draft picks enough so they can fully develop. The same is true of McCaffrey and Lane. As for the running backs, the principal reson the run game wasn't outstanding was because the O-Line didn't fully develop as quickly as I had hoped. In 2026, it will be much better as they learn to play together and Conerly and others fully develop. You will see Bill catch more and all the backs will rush even better than this season. When you have young players you need to use them to have them get better.

47. In FA I’m going after Breece Hall, TE Likely and WR Aiyuk… I would feel good about those acquisitions

48. john kiem your an OG but talking about I don’t know what’s going to happen…give your honest opinion about it and stop playing the lines…I get it from someone who works in sports too but cmon man speak what you think…..