Jonathan Allen describes Taylor Heinicke’s final drive in NSFW fashion

Five quarters wasn’t enough to decide Sunday’s rivalry game between the Washington Commanders and New York Giants. Trailing by a touchdown with three minutes remaining, Washington seemed headed for a loss. Until Taylor Heinicke channeled his inner … Taylor Heinicke and led a scoring drive.

Heinicke had a rough game up until that point, but he was nails leading the two-minute drill.

The touchdown to Jahan Dotson ultimately sent the game to overtime, but Heinicke’s fourth down completion to Curtis Samuel saved the game and was reminiscent of what we see from Patrick Mahomes on a weekly basis.

Flushed out of the pocket and being pursued by bloodthirsty Giants defenders, Heinicke drifted towards the sideline and threw across his body to locate Samuel nearly 20 yards downfield after the receiver wiggled free.

Since the game ended in a tie, Heinicke doesn’t get credit for a fourth quarter comeback or game-winning drive, but this marked yet another clutch performance from the quarterback, who might’ve saved his job in the process.

Heinicke’s composure wasn’t lost on captain Jonathan Allen, who had a particularly explicit description of the game-tying drive.

Commanders’ Jonathan Allen described Taylor Heinicke’s game-saving drive in NSFW fashion.

Talk about calling it like it is. Allen typically keeps it real with the media. This, however, took that notion to a whole new level.

Doesn’t he have a point, though? Commanders fans are well aware of Heinicke’s ability to brush off adversity and mistakes. There’s an inside joke amongst the fan base that he actually becomes better after throwing an INT. Perhaps that would explain why we got the bad version of Heinicke for most of Sunday.

With the game on the line, though, Heinicke delivered; just like he did against Indianapolis and Green Bay. The Old Dominion product wasn’t great in those games, either, but what does that matter if he shows up in crunch time?

That’s not to say fans should belittle Heinicke’s performance through the first three quarters. With every sailed throw on Sunday, Carson Wentz became that much closer to getting his job back. Put yourself in Allen’s shoes, though. How would you react? But before you do, give this play another watch.

Watching your QB lead a game-tying drive on the road against a division rival with so much on the line as far as playoff seeding must be an incredible sight. What Heinicke lacks in arm talent, accuracy and proper footwork, he more than makes up for in leadership, competitiveness and aplomb in the clutch.

It’s like Allen said: he’s got huge stones.