Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a><\/p>\nQ. Music or podcasts? A. Music<\/p>\n
Q. Favorite movie of all time? A. The Godfather<\/p>\n
Q. Any hidden talents? A. Can sing<\/p>\n
Q. What’s your number one bucket list item? A. Visit Egypt<\/p>\n
Q. Who is your biggest inspiration? A. My family<\/p>\n
Q. All-time favorite football player? A. Oh man, that’s tough… Darrell Green<\/p>\n
That’s a great answer from Jones.<\/p>\n
Did you catch in the opening press conference how there was a time when Jones was actually sleeping in his car? Here is a brief clip from Tuesday’s press conference.<\/p>\n
Q. Three words that describe you as a coach? A. Teacher, communicator, passionate<\/p>\n
Q. What is your favorite thing about DC? A. Oh, the diversity.<\/p>\n
Well, this exercise reminds us that each time there is a real disappointment in playing rapid-fire questions. Often, we are not going to really learn that much, if anything. If the person knows there are not going to be any follow-up questions, you don’t have to worry about how you answer. You simply say what first comes to mind and keep moving forward.<\/p>\n
Anyway, welcome back to the DMV, Daronte Jones. You have worked long and hard for this opportunity, and Commanders<\/a> Wire hopes you find success and much winning in your new job as Commanders’ defensive coordinator.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Feb. 13, 2026, 7:04 a.m. ET So, what do you know about new Washington Commanders‘ defensive coordinator Daronte…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":716099,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2069],"tags":[95878,427,11088,7,6,95993,95994,95882,96027,95888,95895,95906,95883,99794,96006,95881,855,111,2480],"class_list":{"0":"post-749399","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-washington-commanders","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-commanders","10":"tag-d-c","11":"tag-football","12":"tag-nfl","13":"tag-sstssportsnflcommanders","14":"tag-sstsncommanders","15":"tag-tagamerican-football","16":"tag-tagcollege-sports","17":"tag-tagnfl","18":"tag-tagnfl-hub","19":"tag-tagoverall-positive","20":"tag-tagsports-news","21":"tag-tagwashington","22":"tag-tagwashington-commanders","23":"tag-typestory","24":"tag-washington","25":"tag-washington-commanders","26":"tag-washingtoncommanders"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116063715222518299","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/749399","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=749399"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/749399\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/716099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=749399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=749399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=749399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}