Around this time a year ago Detroit Lions’ offensive coordinator
Ben Johnson was the hottest coach in the cycle. Multiple teams wanted him and it seemed like the Washington Commanders were the team that wanted him the most and they did a horrible job of hiding it.
The Commanders planned to fly out to Detroit to do an in-person interview with Johnson and Aaron Glenn. While the Commanders were mid-flight, Johnson informed the Commanders that he planned to stay in Detroit. The Commanders still flew to Detroit and interviewed Aaron Glenn. That is all that happened.
Since that happened the Commanders began a smear campaign via NFL insiders and none of what is being reported has ever made sense. It started with this one where Adam Schefter said this: