Back in April, Washington Redskins’ decided to use their 15th overall pick in 2019 NFL Draft to take Ohio’s quarterback Dwayne Haskins. The pick was not only met with positive reactions from the fans, but the Redskins’ players also think the team made the right decision.
The most excited to see this development was, however, safety Landon Collins, whose former team New York Giants also had the chance to get Haskins and passed on it.
“I thought he was going to the Giants, honestly,” – said Collins during his recent appearance on Ian Rapoport’s podcast. “That’s who I thought they were going to get; that’s who I thought they needed, and they decided to go elsewhere.”
Giants’ decided to take Duke’s QB Daniel Jones with the sixth overall pick instead and Haskins fell into Redskins’ lap. According to Collins, this allowed the Redskins to get the best QB in the draft.
“When I saw we picked him up, I was like, we just stole the best quarterback,” – he added
Besides Giants, other QB-needy teams decided to skip on Dwayne Haskins, mostly because he played only one season as a starter in college and is considered a project. Still, with uncertainty surrounding their veteran QB Alex Smith, Redskins decided that Haskins has enough upside to justify the first-round pick and made the gamble. The 22-year-old is expected to sit 2019 behind Case Keenum and probably take the starting job in 2020 or 2021, depending on his development.
Haskins played 14 games in college in 2018 and completed 70.1 percent of his passes for 4,831 yards and 50 touchdowns.
