Talk about a whirlwind week for Garrett Gilbert.
Last Friday morning, Gilbert was a practice squad quarterback for the New England Patriots, fourth on the depth chart behind Mac Jones, Brian Hoyer and Jarrett Stidham. Four days later, he was starting for the Washington Football Team in a game that had playoff implications in the NFC.
Washington signed Gilbert — who’d played for WFT head coach Ron Rivera in Carolina — as an emergency fill-in after QBs Taylor Heinicke and Kyle Allen both landed on the reserve/COVID-19 list. When Heinicke and Allen were unable to clear COVID protocols before Tuesday night’s rescheduled matchup with the Philadelphia Eagles, Gilbert was thrust into action.