Dwayne Haskins could find himself as the next Josh Rosen.
After a rookie campaign in which he completed 58.6% of his passes for 1,365 yards, seven touchdowns, and seven interceptions, frequently looking lost when it came to progression reads and defensive recognition, Redskins quarterback Dwayne Haskins now has to impress upon a new coaching staff, led by Ron Rivera, that he is The Guy. Meanwhile, somebody from the Redskins (though it apparently wasn’t Rivera, who was at league meetings) met with Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa to discuss how it might work if Washington took Tagovailoa with the second overall pick, or tried to trade down and still get him.
“They felt like Dwayne was not the guy right now,” one source told Safid Deen of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, which seemed to back up overall thoughts during the week in Indianapolis. “They want to bring in Tua, just get it going and compete.”
I also stated on @nflnetwork that Ron Rivera and Washington owner Dan Snyder has conversations about Dwayne Haskins, and the QBs in this draft, long before Rivera was officially hired. Drafting a QB at 2 is a very real possibility, especially if Tua is deemed healthy.
— Michael Silver (@MikeSilver) February 28, 2020
Well… if you’re going to select a quarterback that high a year after you took another quarterback in the first round, that looks a lot more like you’re booting Haskins out of town, as opposed to fostering a competition. Which would put Haskins in the same boat as former Cardinals quarterback Josh Rosen, selected with the 10th overall pick in the 2018 draft, and subsequently traded to Miami when the Cardinals took Oklahoma’s Kyler Murray first overall in 2019. Or, it could be the soap opera the Redskins had with Robert Griffin III and Kirk Cousins a few years back. Fun!
Rivera said all the right things about Haskins’ future during his media session, but this is one to watch. Allotting superstar pass-rusher Chase Young to the Redskins in your next mock draft might not be the slam-dunk you thought it was.