Washington Football Team: These stats prove Kyle Allen needs to start at quarterback

Remember after the Washington Football Team’s thrilling Week 2 win over the New York Giants and folks were quick to appoint Taylor Heinicke as the potential quarterback of the future in Ashburn?

Those cries were few and far between, but we recall seeing them! As reactionary as they were, we can’t really fault those fans that dove head first into Heinicke’s long-term outlook despite having an insufficient sample size.

After all, Washington has been on the prowl for a franchise quarterback for forever, and Heinicke’s fearless style of play, and knack for delivering in the clutch, was too rip-roaring to dismiss as a temporary fairytale.

Unfortunately for Heinicke, his limitations as a starting QB have taken centerstage over the last month or so. As a result, Washington’s offense, despite being able to move the ball with ease, is finding it impossible to score points.

After Heinicke’s latest humdrum outing in Sunday’s loss to Denver, it’s time for Kyle Allen to get some run under center, and these stats prove it.

Over the last two games, Washington has racked up 772 total yards of offense. A wildly impressive number. However, they have just 20 points to show for it.

These stats prove Kyle Allen needs to start at QB for the Washington Football Team in Week 10

How … how is that even possible? Only the Patriots and Buccaneers have posted more total yards over the last two games. Care to guess how many points they’ve tallied during that span? 61 and 65, respectively.

This isn’t a matter of whether Heinicke can move the ball. It’s a matter of finishing off convincing drives to put pressure on opposing offenses. You know the popular childhood game “the floor is lava”? Well, the end zone has been lava for the Washington once they’ve cross midfield over the last three games.

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Early in the season, Washington was incredibly efficient scoring points inside opponent’s 30-yard line. Over the first six games of the season, they scored on 21 of 24 such trips. In the last two weeks, however, Washington has scored on 2 of 12 trips, the results of which include five turnovers on downs, two interceptions and three blocked field goals courtesy of new kicker Chris Blewitt.

Blame Blewitt all you want. Even if he connected on those field goal attempts, these numbers would still be considered an atrocity.

Doesn’t get much worse than that.

That obviously isn’t all on Heinicke, but most of it is. Whether it be taking ill-advised sacks as a result of failing to feel incoming pressure, being late going through his progressions or simply poor decision-making, he hasn’t delivered when Washington has needed points to assert their dominance on the scoreboard.

Look no further than the Chiefs and Packers losses. The WFT was competitive in those games, but their inability to finish off drives proved to be their downfall.

At one point on Sunday, these are how Washington’s last nine drives ended: interception, missed field goal, turnover on downs, interception, turnover on downs, turnover on downs, fumble, turnover on downs, missed field goal.

Heinicke has done great things in relief of Ryan Fitzpatrick. His wins over the Giants and Falcons were two of the most memorable performances from a Washington quarterback in recent memory.

With that being said, you can’t win in the NFL if if you can’t score, and the offense has mustered 33 points over the last three weeks with Heinicke pulling the strings.

This isn’t a permanent goodbye. If Allen falls on his face, Heinicke could be back starting under center by Week 11 if Fitz hasn’t returned. He’s likely the long-term backup, but he should be stripped of his current role until further notice.