{"id":680153,"date":"2026-01-15T21:01:21","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T21:01:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/680153\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T21:01:21","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T21:01:21","slug":"washington-tabbing-jonathan-gannon-for-dc-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/680153\/","title":{"rendered":"Washington tabbing Jonathan Gannon for DC interview"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Washington Commanders<\/a> have to be disappointed with how the 2025 season turned out. Washington went 5-12 during the regular season one year after making it to the NFC Championship<\/a>. Now the Commanders are making some changes to their coaching staff in the hopes of improving during the 2026 season.<\/p>\n

The Commanders will interview former Cardinals head coach Jonathan Gannon<\/a> for their vacant defensive coordinator job<\/a> on Thursday, per ESPN’s Adam Schefter.<\/p>\n

Washington parted ways with both Kliff Kingsbury<\/a> and defensive coordinator Joe Whitt Jr. last week. The Commanders have since promoted interim quarterbacks coach David Blough<\/a> to offensive coordinator. That left them with just one more coordinator position to fill.<\/p>\n

Gannon could be an interesting fit with the Commanders.<\/p>\n

He spent the last three seasons as the head coach in Arizona. During his three years, the Cardinals went a combined 15-36 during the regular season. They did not make the playoffs during the Gannon regime.<\/p>\n

Before the Cardinals, Gannon was the defensive coordinator with the Eagles in 2021 and 2022.<\/p>\n

Gannon’s defense could not get the job done in Arizona this season. In fact, they ranked nearly the bottom of the league in yards allowed per game<\/a> (357.7, 27th) and points allowed per game (28.7, 29th).<\/p>\n

Perhaps a return to defensive coordinator could be just the change that Gannon needs to get his career back on track. It could also be a huge upgrade for the Commanders.<\/p>\n

But Gannon is not the only option for Washington.<\/p>\n

The Commanders have already interviewed Titans defensive coordinator Dennard Wilson<\/a> for the job over the weekend. Washington also interviewed former Vikings defensive coordinator Brian Flores<\/a> on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Flores is widely regarded as one of the best defensive minds in the NFL. He could be Washington’s leading candidate for the position.<\/p>\n

However, since Flores is in such high demand, it is entirely possible that Washington misses out on him. That makes it a smart move to interview other candidates like Gannon as backup options.<\/p>\n

It will be interesting to see who else the Commanders interview for this position.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Washington Commanders have to be disappointed with how the 2025 season turned out. Washington went 5-12 during…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":680154,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2069],"tags":[427,7,7062,6,855,111,2480],"class_list":{"0":"post-680153","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-washington-commanders","8":"tag-commanders","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-jonathan-gannon","11":"tag-nfl","12":"tag-washington","13":"tag-washington-commanders","14":"tag-washingtoncommanders"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115901135821429965","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680153","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=680153"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680153\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/680154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=680153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=680153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=680153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}