{"id":345719,"date":"2025-09-06T07:06:27","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T07:06:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/345719\/"},"modified":"2025-09-06T07:06:27","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T07:06:27","slug":"dan-quinn-names-surprising-commanders-player-about-to-go-big","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/345719\/","title":{"rendered":"Dan Quinn names surprising Commanders player about \u2018to go big\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

The post Dan Quinn names surprising Commanders player about \u2018to go big\u2019<\/a> appeared first on ClutchPoints<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Washington Commanders<\/a> are just days away from their season opener against the New York Giants. There are plenty of players on the roster fans are keeping tabs on, as many believe the franchise will be one of the most competitive in the league this year. However, head coach Dan Quinn<\/a> named one surprising standout that is flying under the radar.<\/p>\n

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During an interview with Kevin Sheehan of \u201cThe Team 980 am,\u201d the 54-year-old coach revealed that safety Quan Martin is someone who is potentially going to take a leap<\/a> in production in the 2025-26 season. Quinn believes that the sky is the limit for Martin as he enters his third year in the league.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a whole other subset, I would say, who are, like, making the leap,\u201d said Dan Quinn. \u201cAnd I would say Quan Martin is one, for me, that I have already had high expectations for him. But then to see the type of camp that he had, the work that he\u2019s put in, I feel like he\u2019s one player that I think is really about to go big.\u201d<\/p>\n

Martin, who is 25 years old, served as a starting safety for the Commanders last season. It was his first time playing that role after rotating in off the bench in his rookie year. Quan Martin ended the 2024-25 campaign with 87 combined tackles (50 solo), three forced fumbles, and one interception.<\/p>\n

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That\u2019s a solid season for anybody playing safety in the NFL. But it appears Dan Quinn thinks Martin can exceed those numbers in the 2025-26 season. If Martin can improve his ability to create turnovers, then the Commanders\u2019 defense could be a legitimate problem for opponents.<\/p>\n

He\u2019ll have his first opportunity to live up to Quinn\u2019s expectations on Sunday when the Commanders take on<\/a> the Giants. It\u2019ll be a home game for Washington, as the club hopes to take an early lead over a divisional rival.<\/p>\n

Related: Commanders\u2019 Dan Quinn gets real on \u2018replicating\u2019 last year\u2019s success<\/a><\/p>\n

Related: Why Kendrick Bourne won\u2019t sign with Commanders, 49ers before Week 1<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The post Dan Quinn names surprising Commanders player about \u2018to go big\u2019 appeared first on ClutchPoints. The Washington…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":345720,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2069],"tags":[427,7291,7,37003,56,6,3643,855,111,2480],"class_list":{"0":"post-345719","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-washington-commanders","8":"tag-commanders","9":"tag-dan-quinn","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-kevin-sheehan","12":"tag-new-york-giants","13":"tag-nfl","14":"tag-quan-martin","15":"tag-washington","16":"tag-washington-commanders","17":"tag-washingtoncommanders"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115156090033324513","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=345719"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345719\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/345720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=345719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=345719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=345719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}