Assistant GM Lance Newmark: Commanders 'a great building to be in right now'

Commanders assistant general manager Lance Newmark thinks Ashburn is a good place right now in the NFL.

“I’ll be honest with you; it’s been a really cool experience,” Newmark said Thursday during his time with the local media. “This is a great building to be in right now.”

With Daniel Snyder selling the team after much bad publicity in the last decade of his era and Josh Harris hiring Adam Peters as general manager and Dan Quinn as coach, the formation of the front office and coaching staff has clearly improved drastically.

“I feel like it’s a very unique situation where a lot of really motivated, talented, people came together to try to do something special. Dan and Adam both have great reputations. They’ve been winners, and a lot of people came here believing in them.”

Players have commented favorably regarding the energy and enthusiasm, which is a great contrast to the previous administration. Newmark sees it in the offices as well.

“The energy, the atmosphere is really good. Players, coaches, staff, existing employees everybody has bought in. There’s a lot of excitement for next Sunday. We’re ready to get going. It’s been a really fun process.”

Having worked for the Detroit Lions since 1998, Newmark worked with eight different head coaches (Bobby Ross, Marty Mornhinweg, Steve Mariucci, Rod Marinelli, Jim Schwartz, Jim Caldwell, Matt Patricia, and Dan Campbell).

So what is it like to work for Dan Quinn now?

“I think there are a lot of similarities between Coach Campbell and Coach Quinn. They really believe in team, in brotherhood, character and love of football. I think the kind of people we’re trying to get here, believe in football, in work, in team first, that mentality that you see anybody, anywhere, anytime.”