One week after earning the NFC East title, the Washington Football Team’s season has come to an end as they fell to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Saturday night in the Wild Card round by a score of 31-23.
Washington was dealt their first blow of the game before the contest even started, as it was announced midday that Alex Smith was not fit to play and was inactive for the game. This meant that the WFT would be forced to turn to Taylor Heinicke to start his second professional game. Heinicke rose to the occasion and played beyond any reasonable expectation given the circumstances he faced.