Washington Football Team QB Taylor Heinicke. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images)
In the Wild Card Round of the 2021 NFL playoffs, the Washington Football Team had to turn to their fourth different starting of the season. With Alex Smith out due to a calf injury, Taylor Heinicke was summoned into the fray against one of the NFL’s best defenses.
Heinicke had performed well in relief of Dwayne Haskins earlier in the season against the Panthers. So, there was some hope that he would play well in relief of Smith, but nobody expected Heinicke to play as well as he did.