What do you do with a quarterback who has all the talent to succeed at the NFL level, but who lacks the maturity and intelligence to ‘put it all together’, so to speak? Generally, you draft them in the first round and then realize within three or four years that you made a mistake—or five if you’re unlucky. If you actually sign them to a second contract that you can’t get out of, then that’s on you.
Washington head coach Ron Rivera wasn’t about to play that game with a quarterback that he didn’t even draft in Dwayne Haskins.