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Washington Football Team: Why is Ron Rivera so against reuniting with Cam Newton?

The 2021 regular season is only two weeks old and the Washington Football Team has already started two different quarterbacks.

This has been a familiar theme with Washington fans over the last few seasons. Look no further than the last three years.

During that span, the likes of Alex Smith (16), Josh Johnson (three), Colt McCoy (three), Mark Sanchez (one), Case Keenum (eight), Dwayne Haskins (13) and Kyle Allen (four) have started under center for the WFT in the regular season.

That number grew on Thursday night, as Taylor Heinicke made his third career start after Ryan Fitzpatrick (hip subluxation) was placed on injured reserve this week and given a 6-8 week return timetable.