Washington Commanders head coach Dan Quinn is one win away from the Super Bowl, but last time he got there, it did not go so well. In his first season with Washington, Quinn, along with rookie quarterback Jayden Daniels,

Commanders head coach Dan Quinn can join some elite company in NFL history if he leads his team to a win in the NFC Championship Game today.

Dan Quinn is on the verge of returning to the Super Bowl with the Washington Commanders eight years since his first trip with the Atlanta Falcons when they infamously blew a 28-3 lead and lost to New England.

Could not challenging a call come back to haunt Dan Quinn and the Commanders against the Eagles in the NFC Championship game?

Eight years later, Quinn is back on the cusp of a Super Bowl berth, this time as the first-year head coach of the Commanders. With a new head coach in Quinn and a rookie quarterback in Jayden Daniels, Washington has reached the NFC championship game for the first time since 1992.

Quinn ignored 20-plus years of organizational dysfunction to lead Washington to the NFC title game in his first season as coach.

The margin between reaching the Super Bowl and not reaching the Super Bowl can be razor thin. On the NFC side of the postseason bracket, seven different teams have reached the big game in the last 10 years.

Exactly three years ago — on Jan. 21, 2022 — Dan Quinn walked into the Giants ’ training facility in East Rutherford and interviewed for their head coaching vacancy. By this point, the Giants had already hired Joe Schoen as their new general manager. They were trying to find a head coach to pair with him, after fully cleaning house following 2021.

The NFC championship game Sunday between the Philadelphia Eagles and Washington Commanders is the third matchup of the season between the division rivals.

Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels has had a special rookie season. He’s the heavy favorite to win Rookie of the Year. His athleticism frustrates defenses. He helped oversee an 8-win turnaround. He’s been money in crunchtime and just became the first rookie QB to win a road playoff game since 2012. To summarize: he’s a problem.

When he returned to the NFL after two years in Gainesville, Quinn gained notice by leading the Seahawks' defense in 2013, when they won the Super Bowl. After just two years as Seattle's defensive coordinator, Quinn got his first head coaching job with the Falcons.