Dwayne Haskins Reportedly Expected to Start at QB for Redskins After Week 10 Bye

Washington rookie Dwayne Haskins is expected to be the team's starting quarterback for a Week 11 clash with the New York Jets despite interim coach Bill Callahan declining to commit to one player entering the Week 10 bye, according to Mike Garafolo of NFL Network.

The MMQB's Albert Breer confirmed Garafolo's report: 

Haskins, the 15th overall pick in the 2019 NFL draft, made his first career start on Sunday, a 24-9 loss to the Buffalo Bills. He completed 15 of 22 pass attempts for 144 yards, zero touchdowns and zero interceptions. He was sacked four times.

The loss dropped Washington to 1-8 on the season, dropping it four games back of the NFC East lead. As the team appears to be destined to miss the postseason for the fourth consecutive season, it could use the stretch run to allow Haskins to gain valuable experience.

Callahan said Monday that he would use the bye week to evaluate the quarterback position:

"He and I haven't decided anything at this juncture yet, so I'm going to take my time on that and look at a lot of different things because we've got some time. We've got time this bye week to go back and look at a lot of different things, so that's the posture this week.

"I just want to be real clear that I want to take time this week. We have some time in the bye to go back and look and evaluate and look at ourselves—self-scout evaluation—look at personnel evaluations. Again, like I said, I'm just going to go back to my original statement and take my time and make the decision next Monday."

After being acquired from the Denver Broncos in March, Case Keenum started seven of the first eight games of the season. He was inactive in Week 9 due to a concussion.

Colt McCoy serves as another option for Callahan, though the veteran is less than one year removed from a serious leg injury. McCoy filled in for Keenum in Week 5, a 33-7 loss to the New England Patriots.