Blough, who joined the Commanders to assist with QBs in 2024 and has spent the past two seasons in his role, also enjoyed a cup of coffee as an NFL quarterback. Still just 30, he appeared in nine games (seven starts) from 2019-2022 with the Lions and Cardinals, going 0-7 with 1,435 yards, six touchdowns and nine interceptions.<\/p>\n
Though he spent the 2023 season on Detroit’s practice squad, his last meaningful time on the field took place in Arizona, where he played for Kliff Kingsbury — then the Cards’ head coach and Washington’s OC above Blough in both of Dan Quinn’s two seasons helming the Commanders.<\/p>\n
Kingsbury and Washington agreeing to part ways<\/a> has now provided Blough with a sterling opportunity.<\/p>\n The Commanders offense struggled mightily in 2025, ranking 22nd in the league in both points and yards. The group was unable to find a certified threat on the ground, while stars Jayden Daniels<\/a> and Terry McLaurin<\/a> both missed extensive time due to injuries during a year that saw Washington’s record flip from a promising 12-5 to 5-12.<\/p>\n Regardless, the Commanders still have Daniels, the 2024 AP Offensive Rookie of the Year, who boasts a sky high ceiling.<\/p>\n Washington is turning to Blough ensure Daniels reaches it, along with the rest of an offense hoping to power the Commanders back into contention after getting a taste just a season ago.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Blough, who joined the Commanders to assist with QBs in 2024 and has spent the past two seasons…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":505398,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[43574,50,1232,530,62,67,132,68,534],"class_list":{"0":"post-505397","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-around-the-nfl","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-nfl","11":"tag-no-minute","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-united-states","14":"tag-unitedstates","15":"tag-us","16":"tag-washington-commanders"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115869069115020777","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505397","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=505397"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505397\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/505398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=505397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=505397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=505397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}