{"id":677936,"date":"2026-01-15T00:58:18","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T00:58:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/677936\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T00:58:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T00:58:18","slug":"washington-commanders-interview-seahawks-karl-scott-for-defensive-coordinator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/677936\/","title":{"rendered":"Washington Commanders interview Seahawks\u2019 Karl Scott for defensive coordinator"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Klint Kubiak may be the headline name in terms of a Seattle Seahawks assistant coach <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fieldgulls.com\/seattle-seahawks-coaching-staff\/159558\/klint-kubiak-seahawks-offensive-coordinator-interviews-3-nfl-teams\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">who could potentially be heading elsewhere<\/a>, but the defensive coaching staff will undoubtedly also attract interest from other teams.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Washington Commanders, who are stacked with former Seahawks on the coaching staff, player roster, and front office, have interviewed Seahawks defensive backs coach\/pass game coordinator Karl Scott for their vacant defensive coordinator role. This news was first reported by ESPN\u2019s Commanders reporter, John Keim.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Following a disappointing 5-12 campaign, Washington fired defensive coordinator Joe Whitt Jr, with his fate more or less sealed when head coach Dan Quinn took over play-calling duties in the middle of the season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Scott is one of the few holdovers from the Pete Carroll era, having been hired by Seattle back in 2022. Throughout Scott\u2019s tenure, the Seahawks have developed a formidable secondary, headlined by draft picks Devon Witherspoon, Riq Woolen, Nick Emmanwori, and Coby Bryant. Add in the rise of undrafted safety Ty Okada and the free-agent acquisition of Julian Love in 2023, and the Seahawks boast tremendous depth at a position that was once a scarcity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Don\u2019t expect this to be Scott\u2019s last interview for a DC job. The Seahawks\u2019 coaching staff is clearly in high demand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Klint Kubiak may be the headline name in terms of a Seattle Seahawks assistant coach who could potentially&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":677937,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2081],"tags":[7,6,238,237,261,88977,718,2635],"class_list":{"0":"post-677936","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-seattle-seahawks","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-nfl","10":"tag-seahawks","11":"tag-seattle","12":"tag-seattle-seahawks","13":"tag-seattle-seahawks-coaching-staff","14":"tag-seattle-seahawks-news","15":"tag-seattleseahawks"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115896405532322603","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/677936","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=677936"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/677936\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/677937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=677936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=677936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=677936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}