On the day after winning another quarterback competition he was supposed to lose, Case Keenum refused to gloat. He sat in a hall at the Washington Redskins practice facility, tugging at the straps of a backpack, his gaze placid, his demeanor unsurprised. He pursed his lips. His shoulders gave a small shrug.
“Nothing has ever been given to me,” he said. “I wouldn’t have it any other way.”
This Sunday, Keenum will start a season-opening game for the third time in four years. In the other season, he took over in the second week and led the Minnesota Vikings to within a game of the Super Bowl, having thrown one of the most memorable game-winning playoff touchdowns of all-time.