ASHBURN, Va. -- Washington Football Team coach Ron Rivera learned a lesson last summer, one he doesn't want to repeat. That's why there will be a quarterback competition, he said, even if Ryan Fitzpatrick will enter training camp with a firm grip on the starting job.
Ever since Washington signed Fitzpatrick in free agency, Rivera has said he would enter camp as the starter -- but nothing beyond that is guaranteed. That means a player such as Taylor Heinicke could emerge if Fitzpatrick struggles. Washington also has Kyle Allen, who practiced this spring but admitted he wasn't fully recovered from a broken ankle last season, and Steven Montez.