One Commanders assistant is making a change to the gameday operation.

Defensive coordinator Joe Whitt told reporters on Thursday that he’s moving from the booth down to the field, starting with Sunday’s contest against the Lions.

“I went and asked [head coach Dan Quinn] to do that for a number of reasons,” Whitt said. “The first reason is, I’ve been in the box, Q, most of the coordinators I’ve been around called it from the box — Q, [Dom] Capers, Mike Pettine. Even when I was in college, the coordinators always called it from the box. You have a good view. You can see. You don’t really have to have as much help with personnel, people coming in and out. So, that’s the advantage of being in the box.

“Moving to the field, I think the energy that I have in practice that can be probably posi

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