RICHMOND, Va. and TAMPA, Fla. — Putting it this way is oversimplifying, for sure. But Redskins rookie Dwayne Haskins is eavesdropping.
When Washington forms the huddle for 7-on-7, with Colt McCoy in at quarterback, there’s an eighth helmet leaning in. Same thing when Case Keenum is taking the snap. And while it definitely looks weird—Haskins standing a yard stick short of his teammates, sticking his nose in there, taking the quarterback’s call—there’s a clear purpose to what the 2019 draft’s No. 15 pick is doing.
“At Ohio State, I took a lot of mental reps the first two years,” says Haskins, who redshirted in 2016, and backed up J.