Episode 1,440: Dan Quinn addresses perception that Jayden Daniels isn't being aggressive enough and more

As we on Monday's show, episode 1439, discussed with our guest Kevin Sheehan, host of the Kevin Sheehan Show podcast, Washington's hiring of Steve Wilkes is really strange.

Now, this isn't necessarily a bad hire, like maybe he does provide help But the mechanics of this are unusual.

So if we are to believe everything that has been said and reported, A, the hiring had been in the works since training camp.

B, but Wilks did not start with the team until mid-October for reasons that still are not clear.

C, Wilks' role includes him not being with the team on game days.

D, Washington has seen the need to hire Wilks despite having a head coach in Dan Quinn with a defensive background.

And E, Wilks' Washington isn't hiring an offensive consultant, even though you could argue that offensive coordinator David Blau needs help more than defensive coordinator Durante Jones, although each guy is in his first season as an NFL coordinator.

There's also this, and this doesn't matter so much, but I do find it interesting.

Washington hiring longtime NFL defensive coach Steve Wilkes as a defensive consultant is another instance of general manager Adam Peters having the team on lock in terms of leaks.

The hiring had been in the works since training camp.

Wilkes started working with the team in the lead up to the 23-17 loss at the San Francisco 49ers on Monday Night Football on October 19th.

And Yet the reports of Washington having hired Wilkes did not come until this past Wednesday afternoon, October 21st.

Media members had no clue that Washington had hired this guy until months after the hiring was in the works and until days after the hiring took effect.

And as far as the final play of the loss at San Francisco, yeah, that was an embarrassment.

A third and 22 for Washington at San Francisco's 40 with six seconds left in the fourth quarter.

Yes, it would have been nice had Daniels avoided that sack, but total humiliation for Washington's offensive line, which in that game was horrendous.

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is clearly number one in the 2024 class now because of his maturation under Ben Johnson.

I'm positive that he could have done the same with JD5 or Drake May.

So it's now blatantly obvious what is lacking here, coaching.

Ownership and AP hired the wrong guy and brought in the wrong folks to support Jaden.