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Take it for what it's worth.

An NFL source has confirmed that Mike Shanahan was contacted by the Washington franchise about their head coaching position prior to their recent game in Kansas City.

According to the source Mike Shanahan did have an invite to join the club prior to the game in Kansas City.  Washington management was abruptly turned down by Coach Shanahan.  The former Broncos Head Coach and GM apparently did not want to join the club with unresolved head coaching issues in Washington and the franchise in a current state of turmoil.

There has been a great deal of speculation about these issues since Coach Shanahan was let go by the Broncos at the end of the 2008 season.  This is the first actual confirmation that the coach had been contacted with some formality about a new position in the NFL.

Additionally it appears with the current state of affairs in Washington they are hindering their chances of landing the type of coach they would want to help turn their troubled franchise around.

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