In those two wins, Heinicke completed 72% of his passes, averaged over 300 yards passing, and threw five touchdowns to one interception. Heinicke has two game-winning drives so far this season, which is the same as Ryan Fitzpatrick and Alex Smith had combined in the 2020 season. This team is lucky to not be winless right now and some of that “luck” is due to the play of Heinicke in those two wins. Let’s not get ahead of ourselves, though.

rddWwBQ6QX- Ben Standig OctoWith Taylor Heinicke’s magic fading, would the Washington Football Team be in a better spot with Ryan Fitzpatrick at the helm?Īfter watching the team lose four straight games and watching Heinicke struggle continuously in the red zone, many fans are wondering if it’s time for a quarterback change.

Taylor Heinicke said McKissic was his 5th read on this insane play. Two weeks later, he pulled off another game-winning drive with a 30-yard touchdown pass to JD McKissic. Well, less than a half of football later, Fitzpatrick went down with an injury and Heinicke once again got his time to shine.Īfter throwing a costly interception in Week 2 against the Giants, he had an opportunity to atone for his mistake and led Washington on a game-winning drive to secure the win. When Washington signed Ryan Fitzpatrick in the offseason and all but guaranteed him the starting job, many were upset that Heinicke didn’t get a fair chance to prove himself. How did it all go downhill so fast? A little over ten months ago, Taylor Heinicke was going blow for blow with Tom Brady in the Wild Card Game, with the Washington Football Team keeping the game competitive till the end.Ĭould this be the end of the long, arduous search for a franchise quarterback? Could this third-string quarterback who was about to take final exams a few weeks before being brought in by Washington be the savior the team had been waiting for?

And then taylor fitzpatrick