The biggest game in years for the Washington soccer team will conclude the 2020 NFL regular season and the NFC East championship. However, whether Alex Smith would be healthy enough to start this beyond Sunday was the burning question of the entire week.
On Saturday afternoon, fans of the Washington soccer team got the response they were looking for. According to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport, Washington plans to pitch quarterback Alex Smith on Sunday night opposite the Eagles.
Smith came here after education week with her calf feeling wonderful and in a position for the win-win game. The team will still review it Sunday morning to be sure. If Smith can’t leave, quarterback Taylor Heinicke will start. Washington fired second-year quarterback Dwayne Haskins in the previous week after out-of-the-box disorders and poor play.
Despite entering Week 17 with a 6-9 record, Washington is in its own playoff destiny. A win over Philadelphia will give the team its Premier League name in five years. However, if Washington loses, the NFC East Championship will belong to the winner of Sunday afternoon’s game between the Dallas Cowboys and the New York Giants.
Signed through Washington last month, Heinicke gave Washington a familiar face that was familiar with his attack, having first worked with Turner’s circle of relatives at the Minnesota Vikings before joining Rivera on the Carolina Panthers in 2018. Speaking after the game, Rivera praised Heinicke’s. betting in the fourth quarter as “brave” as it ultimately gave Washington a chance to fight before a missed kick in the game sealed Carolina’s victory.
“I think he took credit for what they were doing in terms of comfortable play and consistent with allowing him to take (shots) down, consistent with allowing him to make some shots. I think his decisions to take off and run were exceptional. I think he had a good thing. vision, “Rivera said, consistent with Zach Selby’s official Washington site. ” He walked through his progress, read the DefenseArray . . . and gave us a chance, that’s whatever you could ask for. “
“This afternoon I met Dwayne and informed him that we were going to drop by to release him,” coach Ron Rivera said Monday after releasing Haskins. “I told him that it benefits both parties that we go our separate ways. We need to thank Dwayne for his contributions over the two-plus seasons and wish him the most productive luck in the future. “
The move came a day after Haskins benched in the loss to Carolina and a week after his debatable unmasked appearance at a strip club on social media.
Haskins apologized for the ruling and won a fine and a demotion to his captain status.
“You sign up for this job,” Haskins said after Sunday’s loss. “This is what it is. Sometimes being human is not enough. Embrace your everyday jobs and mistakes and be a better user to keep going. Do your best and pray for opportunities. When you get them, take them and enjoy them. Never. you know when to have another. “
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