Dwayne Haskins’ inability to protect the football was pretty much the sole reason the team lost to the Cleveland Browns on Sunday, and now many are wondering how long that can continue before the second-year quarterback is benched.
Haskins threw three interceptions in Sunday’s 34-20 loss to the Browns, and even though Ron Rivera has said the quarterback’s job is safe for the foreseeable future, he admitted on Monday that there are Washington players who “deserve better” than what the team has gotten through three weeks.
The coach also said there is a “cut-off point” for Haskins.
“Yes, there is. And you brought up the point, and it’s a very good point, that there are guys in that locker room that are playing well enough for us to win,” Rivera said, per Nicki Jhabvala of the Washington Post. “And again, we have to make sure everyone is playing well enough for us to win at that point. And there is a cut-off point for me. There is.”
Before the season started, oddsmakers predicted that Haskins would be the first QB to be benched this season, but we already saw Mitch Trubisky take that honor in Week 3.
Haskins has a passer rating of 75.7 through three games. He has completed just 56.4 percent of his passes, which is the second-worst mark in the NFL
