Redskins Name Starting QB Vs. Patriots And It’s Not Dwayne Haskins

The Washington Redskins are playing the undefeated New England Patriots on Sunday. They made a decision regarding the starting quarterback, and it’s not Dwayne Haskins.

The Redskins have played terribly this season. They are 0-4 this season, and playing against the Patriots doesn’t really go in their favor. The Pats have the best defense in the league. Redskins head coach Jay Gruden couldn’t reveal the name of the starting quarterback earlier this week. The decision is made.

Washington has Case Keenum and first-round pick Dwayne Haskins, and Gruden decided to go with career backup Colt McCoy.

Haskins is a good option. He has trouble out of the gate, but that happened because of the bad offense. Being a starting quarterback will give Haskins enough experience, but he will definitely face a huge amount of pressure.

“Well, it’s his job to lose. That’s for sure,” Gruden said when asked if McCoy would have started the season if healthy. “You could see he wasn’t quite healthy in training camp and that’s why we sat him, make him get well, get that strength back and the confidence back in his leg.”

The head coach mentioned McCoy’s familiarity with his system after six years when naming him the starting quarterback.

“It means a lot,” he said. “I think it’s, any coach will tell you that, it’s very, very important for your quarterback to know your system. Otherwise you have to change your system and make the quarterbacks know it. There’s no excuse for any quarterback — I think all three of them know the system but Colt has the most experience in it. He’s very comfortable with it. But we’ll see. I think this will be a great test for him. He hasn’t faced a live rush since Philadelphia last year. l think that will be the biggest test for him.”

The Patriots had some sort of trouble against the Buffalo Bills, but they won thanks to the great defense. The Redskins stand terribly this season, and head coach Brady won’t have too much trouble smashing the team. Head coach Bill Belichick has the ultimate winning formula.