Washington Redskins quarterback Dwayne Haskins has seen his fair share of coaching in his young career. Less than a year into his NFL career, he’s already taking orders from his third head coach, and second offensive coordinator. He’s also been shoveled advice from the outside, always being encouraged to work harder than the other guys and prove his worth on the field.
One of the most notable voices that Haskins has at his disposal is Redskins Senior VP of Player Development Doug Williams, a man who became the first black quarterback to win a Super Bowl Championship when he did so with the Redskins in 1988.
Williams has been offering advice to Haskins throughout his journey in the NFL, and now he has one more suggestion for the young QB this offseason.
“I tell him all the time, ‘I’m not your coach,'” Williams said, via NBC Sports Washington. “I just try to tell him what he has to do to get him out of that mentality that he can gallivant all over the place in the offseason, when really, you need to be here, trying to figure out what [he] needs to do for the season.”
Williams is right, as Haskins is entering the most crucial offseason of his entire career. Most great quarterbacks are able to make a significant leap in year 2 of their NFL career, and Haskins has a long way to go to be considered great. He showed some improvement down the stretch of his rookie year, but there is still a lot left to be done to assure the Redskins that they made the right call drafting him with the No. 15 pick in the 2019 draft.
Haskins has the talent to be a franchise quarterback, but the experience and polish are what’s needed to improve his game. What he does in the 2020 offseason will go a long way in determining the player that he will become.
