The Miseducation Of Dwayne Haskins

We’ll take a break from the ongoing “ the Washington Redskins medical staff told Trent Williams to ignore what turned out to be a legitimate Cancer diagnosis by misleading him and saying that the malignant growth on his head was nothing to be worried about “ melodrama, and turn you back to the standard Washington Redskins-related melodrama du jour: the early onset development of quarterback Dwayne Haskins.

In the case of Haskins, we’re way-too-familiar with the oft-repeated refrain regarding why — despite the fact that so many rookie quarterbacks are starting earlier and earlier for the respective NFL teams, if not from Day 1 outright — the Redskins have been so reluctant to name Haskins as the team’s “official” starting quarterback.

“He’s Not Ready.”

Those have probably been the three most incendiary words in our nation’s capital, this side of “President Donald Trump.” We hear it over and over again. The coaches — be it the deposed Jay Gruden or the seat-warming Bill Callahan — say it publicly. Assistant coaches, team officials, and even current teammates, say it off-the-record. The media repeats that statement back to us ad nauseam.

But regardless of what we’re being told, if we’re being totally honest with ourselves as Redskins fans, you simply cannot have watched Haskins in his scant few appearances this…