{"id":41399,"date":"2026-01-10T11:08:37","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T11:08:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=41399"},"modified":"2026-01-10T11:08:37","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T11:08:37","slug":"breaking-detroit-lions-oc-candidate-david-blough-hired-by-commanders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=41399","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING : Detroit Lions OC candidate David Blough hired by Commanders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQ5bQ5Bf2dH5P15rYqSruoqvm0t5KuoY415SA&amp;s\" alt=\"Detroit Lions OC candidate David Blough hired by Commanders - Yahoo Sports\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">One of the\u00a0Detroit Lions&#8217; reported candidates for its offensive coordinator vacancy is now off the board.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Per NFL Network&#8217;s Ian Rapoport, the\u00a0Washington Commanders\u00a0are hiring David Blough as its new offensive coordinator, promoting Blough from within after he served the past two seasons as the franchise&#8217;s assistant quarterbacks coach. Blough replaces Kliff Kingsbury, who\u00a0mutually parted ways\u00a0with the organization.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Blough, 30, is regarded as one of the coaching profession&#8217;s fast risers and was\u00a0quickly linked to the Lions&#8217; OC vacancy\u00a0when\u00a0Detroit fired John Morton.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Commanders?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Commanders<\/a> are hiring former NFL QB and rising assistant coach David Blough to be their new offensive coordinator, sources say.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Lions?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Lions<\/a> showed real interest in Blough, and Washington acted fast to hire one of the NFL\u2019s youngest and brightest offensive minds. Big hire. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FpT83guQk9\">pic.twitter.com\/FpT83guQk9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RapSheet\/status\/2009773290156343619?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 9, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Detroit could have made sense for Blough as a first-time OC. Blough spent parts of five seasons as one of the\u00a0Lions&#8217; quarterbacks, starting five games for Detroit during his rookie season in 2019. Of course, Blough also played for Lions head coach Dan Campbell and alongside Detroit franchise signal-caller Jared Goff.<\/p>\n<p>Blough&#8217;s familiarity with Goff could have been alluring for both parties. Plus, the Lions&#8217; plethora of pass-catchers and its running backs in Jahmyr Gibbs and David Montgomery give Detroit one of the best sets of skill weapons in the NFL.<\/p>\n<p>But, Blough opts for the promotion in Washington and the chance to continue working with and developing young\u00a0Commanders\u00a0quarterback Jayden Daniels, who led Washington to the NFC Championship game in the 2024 NFL season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>usatoday.com wants to ensure the best experience for all of our readers, so we built our site to take advantage of the latest technology, making it faster and easier to use.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":41400,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-detroit-lions"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - 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