5 potential quarterbacks of the future for the Washington football team
With Dwayne Haskins benched for at least Week 5, who could be the quarterback of the future for the Washington football team?
Head coach Ron Rivera hinted it might happen, and now it has. According to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network, Dwayne Haskins has been benched as the starting quarterback of the Washington football team. Kyle Allen will start Week 5 against the Los Angeles Rams, and perhaps beyond
Haskins topped 300 yards for the first time in his career in Week 4 against Baltimore, with a garbage time-driven 45 attempts to get to 313 yards. That was also just his 11th career start, and Allen’s familiarity with the offense after being with Rivera and offensive coordinator Scott Turner in Carolina last year has won out for now.
Haskins started one season at Ohio State, and he has less than a full season as an NFL starter after being drafted 15th overall in 2019.. So while he does need to play better, pulling the plug on him feels too quick. Especially when Allen is not a viable replacement, and questions about Alex Smith’s football condition linger.
Rivera and the current Washington brass did not draft Haskins, so moving off of him would be easy if they don’t think he’s the long-term guy. If they lose enough games, taking a top-tier quarterback in the 2021 draft will be in play.
Here are five potential quarterbacks of he future for Washington.
5 possible quarterbacks of the future for the Washington football team
5. Trevor Lawrence
Lawrence is the tabbed as the presumptive No.1 pick in the 2021 draft, with teams (New York Jets, Jacksonville Jaguars, etc.) lined up as candidates to “Tank For Trevor.”
Washington could be on that list in time, especially if Allen is somehow given a longer leash than Haskins and starts a lot of games (the final 12?). Trotting Allen out there, purely under the auspice of “he knows the offense” is step down the path to tanking.
A trade up to No. 1 to get Lawrence, with a future first-round pick or Haskins to go with whatever pick they end up in next April’s first round (surely top-5 or top-10 range at this point), seems possible for Washington in a full reset under center for 2021. All options are on the table at this point in time.