Redskins quarterback Dwayne Haskins’ rookie season is over after seven starts.
Interim head coach Bill Callahan announced Monday that Haskins is ruled out for the season finale versus the Cowboys due to an ankle injury the 22-year-old suffered in Sunday’s OT loss to the Giants.
Haskins limped off the field after the first offensive play of the second half then was carted to the Redskins locker room where he stayed for the remainder of the game.
The 2019 first-round draft pick told reporters postgame that team owner Dan Snyder told him not to return to the game Sunday after x-rays came back negative. The team’s PR staff and the player later clarified that the owner told the player to heed the medical advice Haskins had already been given by the team doctor.. not to return to the game.
The rookie said he lobbied to play anyway.
In nine appearances including the seven starts this year, Haskins completed 58.6 percent of his pass attempts for 1,365 yards with seven touchdowns and seven interceptions.
So, it will be Case Keenum at starting quarterback in Jerry World as the Redskins try to spoil Dallas’ slim playoff chances.
Keenum has also seven starts in nine appearances for Washington this season. The 31-year-old has completed 67.6 percent of pass attempts for 1,501 yards and 10 touchdowns with four interceptions.