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Redskins Week 16 Reality Checks: That sinking feeling

By Tim Payne

EAST RUTHERFORD, NEW JERSEY - SEPTEMBER 29: Dwayne Haskins Jr. #7 of the Washington Football Team looks to pass in the fourth quarter against the New York Giants at MetLife Stadium on September 29, 2019 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)
EAST RUTHERFORD, NEW JERSEY - SEPTEMBER 29: Dwayne Haskins Jr. #7 of the Washington Football Team looks to pass in the fourth quarter against the New York Giants at MetLife Stadium on September 29, 2019 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images) /
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LANDOVER, MD – NOVEMBER 24: Terry McLaurin #17 of the Washington Redskins celebrates after a play during the first half of the game against the Detroit Lions at FedExField on November 24, 2019 in Landover, Maryland. (Photo by Scott Taetsch/Getty Images)
LANDOVER, MD – NOVEMBER 24: Terry McLaurin #17 of the Washington Redskins celebrates after a play during the first half of the game against the Detroit Lions at FedExField on November 24, 2019 in Landover, Maryland. (Photo by Scott Taetsch/Getty Images) /

3. The Reality Is, 1,000 yards still means something.

Terry McLaurin and Adrian Peterson are chasing 1,000 yards, receiving and rushing respectively, and those are significant accomplishments for very different reasons. McLaurin, as a rookie, managing to crack that plateau would be a nice cherry on top of a fantastic inaugural season in the NFL. To accomplish it while playing with a quarterback carousel under the leadership of “Nebraska Bill” and his weird fascination with maximizing running attempts would be nothing short of transcendent. For AP, the reach the 1,000 yard plateau as a 34-year-old would be yet another unexpected feather in the cap of one of the greatest to ever do it.

My Prediction: Both guys are going to make it, because, deep down, Callahan knows that they both deserve it, and he’s going to force-feed them.

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