A report came out earlier this week that the Washington Football Team could turn back to second-year quarterback Dwayne Haskins to become the starter later in this season should the team be eliminated from playoff contention, but there has now been some contention on that front, coming from the head coach of the team.
While it would make sense for Washington to turn towards Haskins and see what they have in the young player, hoping to decide whether they can rely on him as their QB in the future or potentially increase his trade value, Ron Rivera said on Wednesday that he never said the team would be looking at Haskins should the team be eliminated from contention.
I asked Ron Rivera about the report Dwayne Haskins could get starts if/when Washington is eliminated from playoff contention- Rivera dismissed the report. Said he didn’t talk with anyone before kickoff of the Lions game.
— JP Finlay (@JPFinlayNBCS) November 18, 2020
The original report came from FOX Sports announcer Dan Hellie, who said on 106.7 The FAN that Rivera “confirmed to him prior to kickoff that he would consider starting Haskins over Smith if the NFC East title gets out of reach.”
Whether a switch is made sometime in the future is yet to be seen, but a type of dismissal like this doesn’t look great for Haskins.
