After another season in which Washington lagged on offense, the Commanders fired coordinator Scott Turner on Tuesday, according to a person with knowledge of the situation.
Turner’s role in Washington was his first full-time job as a coordinator and came with high stakes. The franchise began a rebuild and a rebranding when he and Rivera came aboard. Turner game-planned for eight starting quarterbacks during his tenure, which started amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Turner, the son of former Washington coach Norv Turner, used the foundation of his father’s Air Coryell system that typically features a vertical passing attack and power running game. But in Washington, Turner has cycled through multiple offensive line iterations, only recently got a power back in Brian Robinson Jr. and has tried to make his system work with a variety of quarterbacks, not all of whom fit the scheme.
By turning to the running game, the Commanders embarked on a 6-1 run that put them squarely in the playoff conversation just before it came unglued in December. Washington went 1-3-1 in its final five games to fall out of postseason contention.
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