Head coach Ron Rivera selected Alex Smith and Taylor Heinicke in Tampa Bay.
ASHBURN – Con Alex Smith todavía recuperándose de un tyrón en la pantorrilla, el hoofafrigter del Washington Soccer Team, Ron Rivera, dijo que podrían recurrir a uno solution poco conventional: rotar a los quarterbacks.
Washington (7-9) receive them Tampa Bay Buccaneers (11-5) in the first round of the playoffs, the next Saturday. Smith get rid of the parties to the problem in the pantorhole, but regress to help Washington to deal with the divisional title of the NFC Este with a victory over los Philadelphia Eagles. Geen hindernis, the lesion limited the mobility of Smith.
If so, the sabbath, Rivera dijo que consideraría verklaar’n dos quarterbacks. This meaning alternates with Smith with Taylor Heinicke, who has been in the league for some time before Washington he summed up his team of practitioners on the 8th of December.
“Definitely we have to consider it”, dijo Rivera. “The reality of these things is that we are facing a very aggressive defensive this week; it is something we will definitely see”.
Tampa Bay ha mandado carga on 262 occasions, la segunda burgemeester cantidad en la NFL, behind Baltimore Ravens, of accord to ESPN Statistics and Information. Loose Bucs he registered 24 of his 48 captures via the cargo, while he used 10 of his 25 balloon robots. Also, han cedido q4 touchdowns in loading situation, the mayor cantidad in the league.
Heinicke played in the system for three years with other teams –los Minnesota Vikings y Carolina Panthers– and a quarterly quarterback in a derrota ante los propios Panthers in the Semana 16. In this party, Heinicke complete 12 of the 19 passes for 137 yards and a touchdown. A second touchdown was denied by a subject on the subject. Show the ability to move, which will benefit the sabbath.
Rivera dijo que, si se tomaba esa ruta, ne necesitarían dos planes de juego. Originally valoraron a Heinicke for its knowledge of the system. Prohibition of probes, of course a Rivera, podrían emplear different aspects of the same plan for each quarterback.
“Take your game plans separately, be confident in your team,” he said. Rivera. “So it’s important to have quarterbacks who know your system, understand your system, and are part of your system.
“We do not have the power to say whether we want to do it or not to do it”, explanation Rivera. “I do not dare to say that I have value in doing so. Only then will we be sued”.
Smith the pantorrhea was injured in a December 13 victory over the San Francisco 49ers. Last game during the first medium and intention to solve the problem with interferences in the medium. Geen function, and is carried out in the second mitad. Dwayne Haskins Jr. start the next games, both derrotas.
In contrast to Philadelphia, Smith completed 22 of 32 passes for 162 yards, touchdowns and interceptions. Captured on three occasions, Rivera dijo que no sabe si la pantorrilla de Smith can be increased in the week that, in turn, mayors have greater respect for their ability to escape the pressure. Rivera dijo que considero usar a Heinicke front to the Arende. Pero Rivera quedó complacido con la primera serie de Smith, resulting in a touchdown, and was just ahead of the mid-season that also ended in 7 points.
“Think of what you are doing right now [contra Philadelphia]”, point Rivera, when asked about the mobility of Smith. “It’s a first series was what we were looking for. The series in the middle of nowhere was an excellent time. para ganar, seguiremos adelante “.
On the contrary, consider alternatives … as a rotation.
“We will simply conform to the progress of the party and we will take meters in certain situations or circumstances that we must consider as something”, dijo Rivera. “No one can tell what to do. Tendría to be algo as surja at the moment of the game”.