Commanders' Dan Quinn Reveals 2 Things He Loves About Rookie Camp

The Washington Commanders' journey to replicate last season's efforts has begun with rookie mini-camp underway, and head coach Dan Quinn is ready to rock.

Having been through this with most of the roster last offseason, Quinn is again getting his hands the dirt and teaching the 2025 rookie class all that comes with being a Commander and the standards that he and the coaching staff are looking for.

Yes, the veterans are also in the building, despite not being forced to, and that is a big tick for the culture that Quinn, Jayden Daniels, Bobby Wagner, and others have built.

But for Quinn, this time of year is something he relishes. Why? It's a mixture of two things.

"I love this time to really go for it," Quinn said. "Different ways for the rookies, it's really the teaching, honestly, from the very beginning. We're not going to miss one step of their development along the way, it's a lot of the veterans who have been as part of the program what specific skills do you want to nail in over the next few weeks, these are the things that we're going to work on. 

"That collaboration and putting that plan together, I do love that. It's nice to see how hard everybody's working right off the bat and to find those things to improve upon, so those are the two things, they're separate, but I love both of them equally."