Fitzpatrick injures hip, Washington turns to Heinicke at QB
Associated Press— Ryan Fitzpatrick waved to the crowd as he hobbled off the field, and the cheers of appreciation soon turned to boisterous chants of “Heinicke! Heinicke!” Fitzpatrick injured his right hip midway through the second quarter of his Washington debut, and surprise playoff star Taylor Heinicke came on in relief. I go out there and try and play freely.” Heinicke showed off some of the improvisational skills that helped Washington put a scare into Tom Brady and the eventual Super Bowl champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the wild-card round last season. “We knew this Taylor Heinicke guy’s a really good player,” Chargers coach Brandon Staley said. Still, Washington players and fans are plenty familiar with Heinicke, who was signed to be Washington’s “quarantine quarterback” last season while he was taking college classes online and tried to gut out a shoulder injury in the playoffs.
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