We don’t yet know what the ramifications of Washington quarterback Dwayne Haskins’ immature actions on Sunday night will be, but there’s a potential that the hammer could be dropped. Hard.
After losing his first start in over 10 weeks to the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday, Haskins celebrated by going to dinner with some friends, followed by a trip to the strip club, where pictures show he was not wearing a mask to protect against the COVID-19 virus. After pictures of the events were spread across social media on Monday, Haskins publically apologized for the mistake on Tuesday, and it was reported that the team was aware of the situation and planned to deal with the matter in-house. That doesn’t mean that the second-year QB won’t be punished, but it means that the team will be the ones doling out the punishment.
According to NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero, that punishment could be pretty severe.
I’m told Washington has no plans to release QB Dwayne Haskins, who was fined for a previous COVID-19 protocol violation. Going to a nightclub without PPE is considered “High Risk COVID-19 Conduct,” punishable by a maximum fine of one week’s salary or up to four-game suspension. pic.twitter.com/yUMqpMQrWH
— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) December 22, 2020
A game check could be coming out of Haskins’ pocket, and it wouldn’t be a shock to see him be handed some sort of suspension as well. One point that was made on Twitter after the fact seems incredibly pertinent as well.
Text from smart buddy (and recurring pod guest) @mikehoncho73: "The most value he can bring the franchise is by being made an example of right now."
— Burgundy Blog (@BurgundyBlog) December 22, 2020
Washington needs to make a strong example that this behavior is not to be tolerated. We will see if he is suspended, and for how long, and then we can assume that Haskins will be serving the tail end of that suspension outside of Washington, because there is seemingly no chance of him being on the Washington roster come 2021.
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