ASHBURN, Va. -- Taylor Heinicke rattled off the high school scouting report on him from memory. It was easy to do because, in the Washington Football Team quarterback's telling, it contained only four words: "small, weak arm, slow."
Not much has changed. It's why he didn't receive many college offers; it's why nobody drafted him in the NFL. It's why it took him until age 28 before he received consecutive NFL starts.
Yet, he's still here. Turns out those scouting reports were incomplete.
"It's the intangible thing," he said. "I'm a real tough guy that doesn't take no for an answer.