The Washington Commanders are one of the teams shopping for a quarterback in the 2022 NFL season.
They are not sold on Taylor Heinicke becoming the long-term solution at the position.
Unfortunately, the team will continue their quest to find the right player under center.
It’s a debacle that has plagued the team since Mark Rypien left in Week 2 of the 1993 season.
Since then, the team that went through three name changes in four seasons had quarterbacks such as Kirk Cousins, Robert Griffin III, Dwayne Haskins, Gus Frerotte, and Donovan McNabb, to name a few.
As their search for a franchise play-caller continues, Washington head coach Ron Rivera does not care about the cost of landing a top quarterback.
I asked Ron Rivera how much is too much for a QB trade – “Does anybody care what they paid for Matt Stafford last year? No.”
— JP Finlay (@JPFinlayNBCS) March 1, 2022
JP Finlay of NBC Sports Washington tweets, “I asked Ron Rivera how much is too much for a QB trade – ‘Does anybody care what they paid for Matt Stafford last year? No.'”
The longtime Detroit Lions quarterback went to the Los Angeles Rams in exchange for a 2021 third-round pick, first-round picks in 2022 and 2023, and Jared Goff.
At first, the deal was deemed steep for the Rams who got a quarterback with an extensive injury history and couldn’t win a playoff game.
No one’s complaining about that trade anymore after Stafford won Super Bowl LVI with the Rams poised to make it back-to-back.
A Steady Quarterback Will Change Washington’s Fortunes
Washington already has fantastic skill players in wide receiver Terry McLaurin and running back Antonio Gibson.
Heinicke showed flashes of brilliance but is still not enough to put the team over.
Rivera’s statement reveals that he won’t exercise patience in getting a signal-caller that could lead them to the postseason and possibly the Super Bowl.
Therefore, it’s possible that they would take a steep gamble once free agency starts to achieve greater results.
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