Commanders are doing things differently on short week

“We’re pumped to be here early and to get rockin’ for the week.”

That was Commanders’ head coach Dan Quinn in how he began his Wednesday time with the media.

The Commanders, instead of returning to Ashburn on a red-eye flight following Monday’s game in Cincinnati, chose to fly directly to Arizona. If the team had flown back in the early morning hours of Tuesday, they would have had only a couple of days of preparation before flying out to Arizona later Friday.

It is a shorter week playing on MNF, and then the NFL turned around and gave the Commanders another road game, this one in Arizona, Sunday, against the Cardinals. “What we do on a Wednesday, a Thursday and a Friday, we will go through that same process we would in Virginia with a few adjustments,” expressed Quinn.

“We are doing absolutely the same process. So the team came out early to set up our servers, video, all the stuff so we could just take Virginia, put it down in Arizona, and go play. We are really fortunate, the people here at Arizona State have been great, allowing us to have access to the practice field. So we are ready to go.”

The fan base can most of all thank new majority owner Josh Harris. It is hard to imagine the team making such a move in previous years prior to Harris taking over the reigns and responsibilities.

Imagine the bill for all the meals, hotel arrangements, equipment, and supplies—the meals alone for all those players and the coaching staff.

If Dan Quinn and the Commanders can win against the Cardinals on Sunday, it will be their third consecutive win, and Harris won’t be concerned about the bill.