Dan Quinn's rep as a culture-builder is getting a stress test

"the universe is handing out good deals,"

"When you're going through a tough spot, it's really where the culture can reveal itself,"

"If you just walked in, you wouldn't see people in cliques, you wouldn't see people turning on one another, you wouldn't see any of that - which I'm very proud of,"

Dan Quinn emphasizes that culture is most revealing during adversity and has been assessing the Washington Commanders amid a six-game losing streak. The Commanders are 3-8 after an overtime loss in Madrid and rank 30th in turnover margin and 31st in yards per game allowed. ESPN's Football Power Index gives Washington a 34 percent chance of earning a top-five draft pick and places playoff odds at zero. Quinn distinguishes performance problems from cultural issues and says culture requires shared standards and accountability, not just social cohesion. He notes the locker room lacks cliques or internal turning on one another.

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