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Sometimes, rumors come true, as is the case for Washington Commanders offensive coordinator Kliff Kingsbury. After four teams were inquiring about Kingsbury as a head coach, the Chicago Bears and New Orleans Saints have been added to the list, according to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport. The previous two teams were the New York Jets and […]

Washington Commanders offensive coordinator Kliff Kingsbury reportedly has had at least four teams express interest in talking with him about their head coach vacancy, according to Josina Anderson. There are some who question whether or not Kingsbury wants to take a head coaching job in this hiring cycle with more time to reflect, given the […]

Jerod Mayo is no longer the New England Patriots head coach as Robert Kraft and the front office are set to begin their first real head coaching search in 25 years. The Patriots fired Mayo shortly after their win in Sunday’s season finale against the Buffalo Bills. The victory was just the fourth of Mayo’s […]

The New York Jets won’t be waiting long to begin the search for their next head coach, as they’ve already scheduled an interview with former head coach and current ESPN analyst Rex Ryan for Tuesday next week. But even as there seems to be some momentum for Ryan to return 15 years after being dismissed […]

The Washington Commanders have been a pleasant surprise throughout the 2024 season. Expectations for Washington headed into the season were not very high considering how many new faces there are in the organization. The Commanders exceeded all expectations and are now 11-5 heading into Week 18. They’ve also already locked up a place in the […]

The Washington Commanders have been one of the best stories in the NFL during the 2024 season. Washington is 11-5 heading into Week 18 and has already locked in their place in the NFC playoffs. One familiar face around the Commanders may be looking for greener pastures during the offseason. Commanders offensive coordinator Kliff Kingsbury […]

After a lights out opening month of the season, the Washington Commanders offense has regressed to the mean over the course of the last month and a half, struggling at times while Jayden Daniels, an early-season MVP consideration, is now in a showdown with Bo Nix just to hang onto Rookie of the Year. But […]

Thirteen weeks in, Matt Eberflus became the first head coach to lose his job during the 2024 regular season. With the Chicago Bears now without a head coach, rumors are flying around regarding their next potential hire with Washington Commanders offensive coordinator Kliff Kingsbury becoming an obvious name to consider. Due to his ties to […]

In the first few weeks of the 2024 NFL season, the Washington Commanders were one of the hottest offenses in the NFL. Now, in the second half of the season, the Commanders haven’t looked nearly as strong as they did, and offensive coordinator Kliff Kingsbury’s name is all over the downward trend. However, coming into […]

The Washington Commanders are looking to bounce back after a rough loss last week vs the Philadelphia Eagles on Thursday Night Football. The Commanders have now lost two straight games and sit at 7-4, still comfortably in playoff position in the NFC ahead of this weekend’s matchup vs the Dallas Cowboys at home. The Commanders’ […]

The 2024 NFL Draft was filled with top quarterback prospects expected to change the trajectory of the teams that selected them. After 11 weeks of NFL play, two of those quarterbacks have done just that in Washington Commanders’ Jayden Daniels and Denver Broncos’ Bo Nix. Both are strong contenders for the Offensive Rookie of the […]

In the world of football, creativity often extends beyond play execution to include the names of the plays themselves. Washington Commanders offensive coordinator Kliff Kingsbury, the offensive mastermind, revealed an amusing detail about a new play call in the playbook. So, How did it end? Rookie tight end Ben Sinnott got his first NFL touchdown […]

Heading into the 2024 NFL season, most considered the NFC East to be a two-horse race, as the Dallas Cowboys and Philadelphia Eagles were far and away the favorites to come away with the division crown. Collectively, we all overlooked the Washington Commanders, who after a Week 4 beatdown of the Arizona Cardinals sit atop the […]

After a third straight victory and a 42-point outburst against the Arizona Cardinals, it’s fair to say that the Washington Commanders are one of the big winners of the first month of the season. The Commanders sit atop the NFC East with a 3-1 record and early returns suggest that they’ve found their franchise quarterback. […]

The New York Giants had a terrible start to the 2024 NFL season, losing 28-6 to the Minnesota Vikings in Week 1, but interior defensive lineman Dexter Lawrence once again showcased why he is one of the premiere defensive players in the league, and Washington Commanders offensive coordinator Kliff Kingsbury had some high praise for […]

With the release of all 32 NFL teams’ schedules, teams like the Washington Commanders now know what lies ahead of them for the upcoming 2024 season. All things will be new in Washington once the 2024 season begins. Well, most things will be new anyway, at least two of the more important things when it […]

Jayden Daniels seemingly outdid all other quarterbacks in college football last season, at least from an individual perspective. That’s what the voters of the Heisman Trophy told us when he won the award back in December. And now, he’s considered one of the top picks in the 2024 NFL Draft. Daniels was without question one […]

The Washington Commanders have the second pick in the 2024 NFL Draft and must decide between taking a quarterback or sticking with incumbent Sam Howell at the position. Current mock drafts have them going with LSU’s Jayden Daniels but USC star and ex-Heisman Trophy winner Caleb Williams’s name has been bandied about as a possibility. […]

The Washington Commanders recently hired Anthony Lynn as their new running backs coach and running game coordinator. He now re-joins Kliff Kingsbury in Washington. Now, the team’s offensive coordinator hypes up Lynn with a Texas Tech shoutout. Kingsbury calls the hire “huge” for the Commanders, according to JP Finlay of NBC. They each played at […]

The Washington Commanders are rolling with Kliff Kingsbury as their new offensive coordinator. The question remains of what the team will do at the quarterback spot. Did Sam Howell show enough to keep the starting gig? Probably not, especially when the upcoming draft class has multiple intriguing QB prospects. Kingsbury will be tasked with handling […]

As Antonio Pierce takes over the Las Vegas Raiders head coaching role full-time, he was expected to have Kliff Kingsbury as his offensive coordinator. But after Kingsbury decided to change his mind, Pierce had an ice-cold response. After it was announced that Kingsbury would join the Raiders, he instead changed course and took the vacant […]

The Las Vegas Raiders are hoping for a better season under new coach Antonio Pierce in 2024-2025. For now, they’ll have to be content watching their AFC West rivals the Kansas City Chiefs take on the 49ers in the Super Bowl. A new offensive coordinator for Sin City’s team was discussed after Kliff Kingsbury headed […]

Magic Johnson knows a thing or two about dishing out assists. His 10,141 assists are 7th-most in NBA history. And now, all of these years later, Magic can’t help himself but falling into old habits. Only this time around, it wasn’t a no-look dish to James Worthy on a fast-break or a picture-perfect entry pass […]

The Washington Commanders have shaken up their coaching staff after a disappointing 2023-24 NFC East showing. New head coach Dan Quinn has elected to make a move on former USC football staff member Kliff Kingsbury. Thus, this creates problems for offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy’s return. Washington’s coaching staff goes through more changes Dan Quinn confirmed […]

Following the dismissal of Ron Rivera, the Washington Commanders moved quickly to find their next head coach, landing on Dan Quinn, the defensive coordinator of their NFC East rival, the Dallas Cowboys. In Quinn, the Commanders are getting an experienced head coach who led the Atlanta Falcons to the Super Bowl seven years ago, and […]

Dan Quinn is officially starting a new era with the Washington Commanders. He has made sure that they get an identity on offense. This prompted him to hire USC football’s offensive assistant, Kliff Kingsbury. It was not the ideal year for Lincoln Riley and the Trojans but they still have a love for their former […]

The Washington Commanders have a new man to take care of their offense, beginning in the 2024 NFL season. Former Arizona Cardinals head coach Kliff Kingsbury has been reportedly hired by the Commanders to be their offensive coordinator per Adam Schefter of ESPN. “Commanders are hiring Kliff Kingsbury as their new offensive coordinator, per league […]

The Washington Commanders are giving their fans quite a jolt of energy on this Saturday afternoon. Following the shocking news that they could swoop in and snag Kliff Kingsbury from the Las Vegas Raiders, another offensive coordinator candidate is emerging. And he’s someone the team has gotten to know fairly well over the last couple […]

The Las Vegas Raiders’ search for a new offensive coordinator is not over after all. Despite prior reports indicating that a deal was essentially done, USC senior offensive analyst and former Arizona Cardinals head coach Kliff Kingsbury is withdrawing his name from consideration, per ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Kingsbury’s appeal lied in his ability to help […]

The Las Vegas Raiders have had a busy offseason after choosing to keep Antonio Pierce as the head coach. They made a splash hire at offensive coordinator after reeling in Kliff Kingsbury as the new offensive coordinator. After all that, the franchise has made another head-turning coaching hire. Vegas is hiring former running back of […]

The Las Vegas Raiders struggled badly on the offensive side of the ball in 2023, and if the team is going to improve on the 8-9 record it had last season, the offense has to show it can move the ball consistently and put points on the scoreboard. New head coach Antonio Pierce has not […]

Kliff Kingsbury is gaining a lot of steam in potentially returning to the NFL, this time as an offensive coordinator. He previously had interviews with the Philadelphia Eagles and the Chicago Bears, although the Bears decided to hire Shane Waldron for the position. Now, the Las Vegas Raiders are bringing in Kingsbury for an OC […]

The Philadelphia Eagles continue remaking their coaching staff. After a disastrous close to last season, changes were needed to be made to maintain the Eagles’ Super Bowl contender status. They already decided to let defensive coordinator Sean Desai go. Now, offensive coordinator Brian Johnson is following suit, as he won’t be returning to the Eagles next season. The […]

The Chicago Bears are interviewing Kliff Kingsbury for the team’s open offensive coordinator role under head coach Matt Eberflus today, and this sparked the resurfacing of some old comments from Kingsbury in regards to Caleb Williams, who many believe will be selected with the No. 1 pick by the Bears in the 2024 NFL Draft. […]

The Chicago Bears own the No. 1 pick in the 2024 NFL Draft, and they are interviewing USC coach Kliff Kingsbury for their open offensive coordinator role. If the Bears do make this hire, it could signal that they are going to take USC quarterback Caleb Williams with that top pick. “Former Cardinals’ HC Kliff […]

It hasn’t been a week since Houston football fired head coach Dana Holgorsen, but the candidates to be the next coach of the Cougars are shuffling by the minute. There is a trio of names that have come to the forefront of the conversation, but one of them is the new odds-on favorite to land […]

The Houston Cougars football program joined the search for a new head coach after they parted ways with Dana Holgorsen. Now, a lot of names have floated around about who will be the next head coach. The latest odds have Kliff Kingsbury, the current USC Trojans offensive assistant, as the favorite, per BetOnline. Kliff Kingsbury, […]

USC football coach Lincoln Riley is sick and has missed two straight days of practice, according to Ryan Kartje of the L.A. Times. The illness is apparently significant enough that USC is working to make assistant Kliff Kingsbury the acting assistant in Riley’s absence, according to the Athletic. Riley was first reported to be under […]

The Texas Tech football program will be honoring both Mike Leach and Kliff Kingsbury early in the 2023 college football season. The school announced that the former Texas Tech football coaches will be inducted into its Hall of Fame and Hall of Honor. Mike Leach and Kliff Kingsbury will receive the honor on Sept. 29, […]