Moving forward with Haskins as starter is the only rational move
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By DERON SNYDER (as published in The Washington Times)
Ready or not, there he was.
The Redskins finally started rookie quarterback Dwayne Haskins on Sunday and – surprise! – the earth kept spinning on its axis.
The team didn’t implode. Haskins didn’t return in a full body cast. He played the entire game. Washington looked about the same as usual.
Who knew?
Practicing with the starters all week didn’t hurt. Ditto for utilizing a slimmed-down playbook and rush-heavy game plan. All of his studying and preparing paid off in a relatively decent performance. It makes you think Haskins might be further along if this process started sooner.
Now that his first start is out of the way – bringing us to the bye week followed by a game against the awful New York Jets – surely the Haskins Era is here to stay, right?
“Nothing has been decided or determined,” interim coach Bill Callahan told reporters after Buffalo’s 24-9 victory. “I’m just going to give it a little time and go into the bye week, let everything settle, look at the health of Case [Keenum] and see where we’re at as a team.”
He must be kidding.
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