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Washington Redskins rookie quarterback Dwayne Haskins certainly looked better on Thursday night than he did in his preseason debut, completing seven of his 14 passes for 114 yards and a touchdown against the Cincinnati Bengals.
Afterward, Haskins said he was more relaxed in his second exhibition contest.
“I’m not going to throw two picks again. That’s what I thought, and I didn’t, so that’s good,” Haskins said, per Michael David Smith of Pro Football Talk. “I was just a little more settled down this week than I was last week. I felt like I was more in my element.”
Haskins was referring to his first outing, when he went 8-for-14 with 117 yards and a couple of interceptions in what was a pretty rough performance from top to bottom.
But this time around, Haskins was more focused on making better decisions:
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“It was good. Just trying to move the ball down the field, make smart decisions, not put the ball into harm’s way,” Haskins said.
The 22-year-old, who played his collegiate football at Ohio State, was selected by the Redskins in the first round (15th pick overall) of the NFL Draft back in April.
Many expected him to be a top 10 pick, but he actually ended up being the third quarterback chosen behind Kyler Murray and Daniel Jones, the latter of which was particularly surprising.
Haskins is coming off of a fantastic sophomore campaign with the Buckeyes in which he threw for 4,831 yards, 50 touchdowns, and eight interceptions while completing 70 percent of his passes and posting a passer rating of 174.1.
