When Washington Redskins traded for quarterback Kyle Allen this offseason, many believed he is slotted for the backup job behind second-year signal-caller Dwayne Haskins. Allen, however, doesn’t think so.
Speaking with reporters on Tuesday, Allen said that he intends to compete with Haskins and try to win the starting job for the 2020 season.
“I think the expectation is to come in and compete for the job,” said Allen. “I think that’s an awesome opportunity.”
Allen reunited in Washington with Ron Rivera, who coached him in 2019 when they were both members of Carolina Panthers’ organization. The 24-year-old believes that familiarity with Rivera’s system will end up giving him the edge in the competition.
“I think the continuity with the system is huge for me, and I think it’s going to be big for the team too,” he added. “If we don’t have a lot of OTAs or don’t have OTAs at all, it gives at least someone on the team a chance with experience in the system to be able to teach it to the other guys and the offense, and relay what the coaches are saying, and just kind of teach the offense to everyone and teach the language.”
Kyle Allen started 12 games in 2019 with Panthers and finished the season throwing for 3,322 yards, 17 touchdowns, and 16 interceptions. Dwayne Haskins, on the other hand, had seven TDs and seven INTs in nine games he played in his rookie seasons with Redskins.
