Washington Commanders Hire Offensive Assistant From The Falcons

The Washington Commanders person reportedly hired Atlanta Falcons backmost coach D.J. Williams for nan aforesaid position. ESPN’s NFL insider Adam Schefter was nan first to study this news. 

Williams is nan boy of Washington fable Doug Williams, who is now an executive pinch nan Commanders. 

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The now-former quarterbacks coach for nan Falcons was promoted for nan 2025 play aft serving arsenic nan violative adjunct and adjunct quarterbacks coach for nan Falcons successful 2024. In his 2 seasons successful Atlanta, he worked intimately pinch quarterbacks Kirk Cousins and Michael Penix Jr. 

Penix completed 227-of-381 passes (59.6%) for 2,757 yards, 12 passing touchdowns, and six interceptions for an 85.8 passer standing over 14 games (12 starts). In 24 games (22 starts), Cousins completed 469-of-722 passes (65.0%) for 5,229 yards, 28 passing touchdowns, and 21 interceptions for an 87.2 passer rating.

Williams joined Atlanta’s unit aft spending 5 years arsenic an violative adjunct pinch nan New Orleans Saints. 

Meanwhile, nan Falcons’ convention rival fired violative coordinator Kliff Kingsbury, conscionable 1 twelvemonth aft he coached Jayden Daniels to an Offensive Rookie of nan Year grant and helped lead nan Commanders to nan NFC Championship Game. They were speedy to prosecute adjunct quarterbacks coach David Blough to return connected Kingsbury’s position. 

Blough was successful his 3rd play successful his role, but took connected accrued responsibilities aft Tavita Pritchard near for nan Stanford Cardinal caput coach post. Williams will inhabit this vacated position connected nan Commanders’ staff. 

Ex-Falcons coach Raheem Morris was very complimentary of Williams during Training Camp past summer.

“D.J. is 1 of nan guys we interviewed successful nan first process, nan early process here, and he was specified an awesome question and reply that we called him backmost and had to fig retired a measurement to get him connected committee pinch us,” Morris said. “He was nether statement pinch nan New Orleans Saints, and we took a grace play to hold for those guys to let america to beryllium capable to prosecute him. And we waited for him. It allowed america to really prosecute an other coach because of really awesome he was, his accusation astir nan quarterback, his accusation astir what they do, and his accusation astir really he likes to train.

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“His detail, his activity pinch now whoever's successful those roles, whether it beryllium nan starting quarterback, nan backup quarterbacks, nan processing quarterbacks. He's done specified a awesome occupation pinch each of those guys successful each facets, whether it beryllium protection, whether it beryllium progression, whether it beryllium dealing pinch nan capacity squad and really we want to do those things. His maturity level has been perfectly outstanding.”

Williams is the 2nd personnel of nan violative staff to person immoderate liking from teams astir nan NFL.