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Washington Football Team head coach Ron Rivera has spread out relating to the choice to unlock Dwayne Haskins all over the 2020 usual season.
At some stage in an look on Colin Cowherd’s podcast (h/t Nicki Jhabvala of The Washington Put up), Rivera talked about Haskins’ lack of focal point and inconsistent work ethic as the largest problems for the second-year quarterback:
“You know what? I tried to advance to phrases with him. He’s a extremely gifted player. He’s obtained an NFL arm, a legit arm, and there’s a segment of him that he desires to, however something retains stepping into the skill. I’m no longer sure what it modified into, and that modified into the laborious segment as a outcome of he puts within the time, after which he doesn’t. And also you’re wondering, ‘Where is he? What’s he doing?’ You glimpse him over there and also you stir, ‘OK,’ after which you don’t glimpse him. So I bear the ingredient he desires to prevent is handsome prioritize. The small one, as I mentioned, he’s gifted, and if he ever does rep it, he’s going to scheme an influence.”
Haskins modified into benched within the third quarter of Washington’s 20-13 loss to the Carolina Panthers on Dec. 27. The group of workers announced the following day that it had released the 23-year-frail, decrease than two years after he modified into the No. 15 opt within the 2019 NFL draft.
“I to find plump responsibility for no longer assembly the components of a NFL QB & will develop staunch into a closer man & player as a outcome of this expertise,” Haskins wrote in a tweet after his unlock (h/t ESPN’s John Keim).
Haskins is getting a second likelihood to uncover himself within the NFL. He agreed to a one-year, $850,000 contract with the Pittsburgh Steelers in January. The Ohio Converse alum is mostly competing with Mason Rudolph to be Ben Roethlisberger‘s backup in 2021.
At some stage in his two-season lunge in Washington, Haskins threw for 2,804 yards, 12 touchdowns, 14 interceptions and accomplished 60.1 percent of his passes. He had a 3-10 tale in 13 starts for the Football Team.
