Washington on Monday released 2019 first-round pick Dwayne Huskins, who made it less than 24 hours after Carolina made three turnovers in losses and a second breach of epidemic protocol.
Despite being disciplined for breaking the Covid-19 rules by partying with a lot of people without masks, Heskins started in place of injured quarterback Alex Smith. He was fined 000 40,000 and stripped of his captaincy, but coach Ron Rivera chose to stick with Huskins because Smith was still injured and did not have another established QB on the roster.
“My time with the WFT is unfortunately over,” Heskins tweeted. “I thank the team and the fans for the opportunity to play for the team I developed. I take full responsibility for not meeting NFL QB standards and will be an excellent man and player because of this experience. “
Rivera said Smith or Taylor Heinick will make the final start of the regular season in Philadelphia on Monday morning with the NFC East title. It was clear that was done with Riviera Huskins, with whom he turned down the depth chart for the second time this season.
“Sometimes you have to dig a road before you can dig a road,” Rivera said. “I hope he learns from these experiences. Hopefully, they will make him stronger and they will help him and hopefully, when he gets his next chance, he will make the best use of it. ”
Huck Skins was 14 of 28 with two inceptors and struggled against the Panthers before Benic was benched, having not played in the NFL since 2018. Rivera was asked what he wanted to see from Huckins the following week, and replied, “Just improve.”
It has to come from somewhere else. There are some tools in his favor to succeed, but he’s not able to put them all together in 16 looks.
“You see his talent, and you see the hand,” Rivera said. “This is the thing that I think has the highest redemptive quality as a quarterback, which I think is probably the most important thing.”
But he’s far from the only thing, his field-by-field behavior has increased his chances. Huskins, a favorite of owner Dan Schneider since his time at Washington-Area High School, missed the final play of his first NFL win last year, while taking a photo with a fan in the stands, disappeared from practice with a mysterious illness after sitting on the bench. And sabotaged in October and twice violated the rules for conduct in the midst of an epidemic.
The 23-year-old Ohio State Product said he didn’t wear masks with many people at his girlfriend’s birthday party, photos surfaced on social media, apologized to coaches and teammates, hit fines and tried not to lose his captaincy. Her game. But he was clearly down in the dump and disappointed in the postgame video call he made after driving home from the stadium.
“It was definitely the hardest week of my life,” Heskins said. “I’ll just bounce forward, pray and meet with my life.”
Heskins’ 15th overall draft in 2019 under Washington’s previous administration, the third QB taken after Killer Murray and Daniel Jones, ends his time as a 3-10 starter with that organization, including 1-5 this season, including 12 touchdowns and There are 14 interruptions.
The team’s last first round QB bust, Robert Griffin III, Tweeted Monday: Best wishes to (Haskins). You are only 23! Learn from this and bounce back. ”
