Colt McCoy goes back to Texas to beat the Dallas Cowboys. Sound familiar?
That was the story last year, when McCoy — then a third-string quarterback for Washington — got an improbable shot to start a game in his home state on Monday Night Football. The result was a 20-17 overtime victory in which the former Texas Longhorn completed 25-of-30 passes for 299 yards and rushed for a touchdown. In four games as a starter last season, McCoy completed 69 percent of his passes while throwing for nearly 1,000 yards, three touchdowns and three interceptions. The Redskins went 1-3 in those games,
As Keith McMillan noted below, today’s game has no implication on the playoffs.