The Washington Football Team will officially be starting Garrett Gilbert at quarterback against the Philadelphia Eagles on Tuesday night. Neither Taylor Heinicke nor Kyle Allen were able to be activated from the reserve/COVID-19 list ahead of the 4:00 PM Eastern deadline.
Considering Ryan Fitzpatrick began the 2021 season as WFT’s original starter, Gilbert is really their fourth string quarterback. And he only joined Washington’s roster when they signed him late last week after Heinicke went on the COVID list.
Gilbert does have some level of familiarity with Ron Rivera and his coaching staff considering they overlapped in Carolina back in 2017 and 2018.