{"id":717814,"date":"2026-01-31T00:40:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T00:40:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/717814\/"},"modified":"2026-01-31T00:40:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T00:40:17","slug":"commanders-pass-on-steelers-teryl-austin-in-dc-search","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/717814\/","title":{"rendered":"Commanders pass on Steelers&#8217; Teryl Austin in DC search"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/steelers-poach-saints-coach-newest-200302382.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Pittsburgh Steelers;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pittsburgh Steelers<\/a> are reportedly set to hire their next defensive coordinator in place of Teryl Austin, and one of his potential landing spots just slammed the door shut.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/washington-commanders\/363\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Washington Commanders;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Washington Commanders<\/a> officially announced former <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/minnesota-vikings\/347\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Minnesota Vikings;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Minnesota Vikings<\/a> defensive backs coach\/pass game coordinator Daronte Jones would become their next DC, despite <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/steelers-dc-teryl-austin-interviews-183623462.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:hosting Austin for an interview;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">hosting Austin for an interview<\/a> a little over a week ago.<\/p>\n<p>Many <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/pittsburgh-steelers\/356\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Steelers;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Steelers<\/a> fans have clamored for Austin\u2019s departure, as he somehow managed to make less with more during his tenure as Pittsburgh\u2019s defensive coordinator. It\u2019s clear that the Commanders preferred Jones and his almost two and a half decades of coaching experience.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Luckily, McCarthy\u2019s coaching staff is reportedly set to bring in Raiders DC Patrick Graham as the Steelers\u2019 next defensive coordinator, with Austin now seemingly on the outside looking in with two organizations.<\/p>\n<p>For up-to-date\u00a0Steelers\u00a0coverage, including any offseason moves, follow us on X\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TheSteelersWire\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:@TheSteelersWire;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">@TheSteelersWire<\/a>\u00a0and give our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SteelersWire\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Facebook page;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Facebook page<\/a>\u00a0a like.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Steelers Wire: <a href=\"https:\/\/steelerswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/steelers\/2026\/01\/30\/steelers-teryl-austin-commanders-defensive-coordinator-daronte-jones\/88431299007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Steelers&#039; Teryl Austin passed up by Commanders in DC search;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Steelers&#8217; Teryl Austin passed up by Commanders in DC search<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Pittsburgh Steelers are reportedly set to hire their next defensive coordinator in place of Teryl Austin, and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":717815,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2069],"tags":[427,93687,2792,7,259,6,57,30261,855,111,2480],"class_list":["post-717814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-washington-commanders","tag-commanders","tag-daronte-jones","tag-defensive-coordinator","tag-football","tag-minnesota-vikings","tag-nfl","tag-pittsburgh-steelers","tag-teryl-austin","tag-washington","tag-washington-commanders","tag-washingtoncommanders"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115986932185120982","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/717814","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=717814"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/717814\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/717815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=717814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=717814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=717814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}