“Taylor Heinicke reminded me of Russell Wilson”: J.D. McKissic has high praise for Washington QB after late-game heroics vs the Giants

Arth Chandra | 17/09/2021

Backup QB Taylor Heinicke and the Washington Football team won a Thursday Night Thriller against the Giants. And J.D. McKissic had high praise for his QB.

Expectations were high in Washington coming into the year after it won the NFC East last season and added Fitzpatrick, but plans immediately shifted to Heinicke when the starter went down with an injury in Week 1.

And just like in the playoffs, Heinicke had a great game. Washington won a real battle against the New York Giants, 30-29, in a thriller of a game.

Heading into the last 5 minutes of the 4th quarter, he led a two-play, 75-yard touchdown drive with a deep ball to McKissic in stride and a perfectly placed throw to Ricky Seals-Jones in the corner of the end zone. He then could not capitalize on the lead, throwing an interception which the Giants turned into a field goal.

But Heinicke led the Football Team down the field while facing a two-point deficit in the final two minutes and set up Dustin Hopkins’ game-winning field goal from 43 yards out. Hopkins missed his first attempt from 48 yards out, but New York was offside for a game-costing penalty.
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