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Much has been made of the Washington Football Team鈥檚 decision to replace Dwayne Haskins as starting quarterback with Kyle Allen after only聽four games this season. While the move has been analyzed and dissected in every way possible locally, .
鈥淚t鈥檚 not like they鈥檙e moving on from Haskins to even like a Ryan Fitzpatrick who is going to win you games in an obviously hilariously competitive division,鈥� Kimes said. 鈥淚 don鈥檛 think Kyle Allen is better than him, frankly. I think Kyle Allen at times has put together better stretches of play, I think he鈥檚 shown more of a consistent propensity for turnovers over the course of his career at Carolina and now in Washington.鈥�
鈥淭he kind of football team Washington is,聽the best-case scenario for them going into this season was going to be to have a top ten defense and a quarterback who didn鈥檛 make things worse. So when you have a quarterback that turns the ball over as much as Allen does, you鈥檙e really hurting yourself in that regard.鈥�
Allen has thrown one interception and lost one fumble in two starts this season, Meanwhile, Haskins had his share of ups and downs, from leading a season-opening win over the Eagles to throwing three interceptions against the Browns in Week 3. Many expected more out of the second-year signal-caller after he finished with 131.2 passer rating in his last two starts of 2019.
鈥淚 was really optimistic about Haskins based on what we saw in the final two games of last season,鈥� Kimes said. 鈥淗e looked like a different quarterback, he really looked like the guy we saw at Ohio State at times. Obviously, at the beginning of this year it was disappointing, he didn鈥檛 play well. I鈥檓 not one of those people who say it鈥檚 so crazy for them to move on from Haskins, how could they do that, he had no chance to succeed 鈥� he didn鈥檛 play well.鈥�
The Washington Football team currently sits just a game out of first place in the NFC East, but it doesn鈥檛 feel that way. Nationally, the quarterback drama in the nation鈥檚 capital seems to viewed with an eye towards the future.
Gosh, its so hard to choose, right?鈥� Kimes said. 鈥淚 still don鈥檛 quite understand the decision, and I think at this point Washington fans are just kind of hoping for next year.鈥�
