Dwayne Haskins will have to wait at least a little while longer. On Friday, head coach Jay Gruden announced that Colt McCoy will get the start against the Patriots, rather than first-round rookie Dwayne Haskins or veteran Case Keenum.
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Keenum has been slowed by a foot injury and Haskins didn’t look ready for primetime in his NFL debut against the Giants. Enter McCoy, a known commodity in Washington who is coming back from multiple leg surgeries.
McCoy took all the first-team reps in practice this week, and Gruden is not exactly in love with Haskins, so this does not come as a shock. By far the longest-tenured quarterback on Washington’s roster, McCoy has been a Redskins backup throughout Gruden’s five-plus-season stay.
Following Alex Smith‘s November 2019 injury, McCoy was given the call. However, midway through his second start, he suffered a broken leg that required months of rehab. The former third-round pick made four starts in 2014 but sat behind Kirk Cousins and Smith until the latter’s gruesome injury. Six Redskins passers have seen action since Cousins’ 2018 free agency defection.
This will mark a third straight week in which the Patriots are tasked with defending a backup quarterback. They faced the Jets’ Luke Falk in Week 3 and, in a tight game against the Bills, ran into Matt Barkley after Josh Allen was knocked out of last week’s contest. The Pats have allowed one offensive touchdown all season.
I wonder which qb plays the most snaps though lol
Tom Brady… haha
I’m a Cowboys fan, so i rarely have much compassion for Redskins fans… but when Colt McCoy is your best option at QB, I have to admit that I feel sad for you…
McCoy is no stud, but you can do a lot worse for a fill-in quarterback… and some teams are doing worse.
Like Luke Faulk
That’s super funny
Gruden is giving the front office the finger.
Maybe so, but Haskins isn’t ready and to put him out there against a Pats D that could shell shock him isn’t smart.
Haskins can take time to learn and be a good QB or get thrown to wolves and become a David Carr
It does seem like Gruden should be on his way out the door soon
Lots of errors in the articles the last couple days…Smith injured in November 2019?