Deposed Eagles offensive coordinator Brian Johnson is staying in the NFC East. But he won’t be an offensive coordinator.
ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler reported Thursday morning that the Commanders are hiring Johnson to their offensive staff, likely as Washington’s passing game coordinator.
The Commanders have already hired Kliff Kingsbury as offensive coordinator. Kingsbury also interviewed for the Eagles’ OC vacancy that opened up when they cut ties with Johnson. And Johnson interviewed for Washington’s OC job last week before they hired Kingsbury.
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New Commanders head coach Dan Quinn replaced Ron Rivera – a former Eagles linebackers coach. Quinn and Johnson both coached at the University of Florida but not at the same time, and Kingsbury and Johnson both coached at the University of Houston but not at the same time.
Johnson was Nick Sirianni’s quarterbacks coach in 2021 and 2022 before getting promoted to offensive coordinator this past year, replacing Shane Steichen, who left to become Colts head coach.
Although the Eagles finished the season ranked 7th in the NFL in offense, they grew “stale” late in the year, to use Sirianni’s word, and scored fewer than 20 points in five of their last seven games, including just nine in the wild-card loss to the Buccaneers.
Through the Bills game, they were tied for fourth with the 49ers in scoring at 28.2 points per game and averaging 365 yards per game.
