{"id":163189,"date":"2022-12-20T12:14:09","date_gmt":"2022-12-20T12:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/no-qb-switch-unless-commanders-dont-get-back-on-track\/"},"modified":"2022-12-20T12:14:09","modified_gmt":"2022-12-20T12:14:09","slug":"no-qb-switch-unless-commanders-dont-get-back-on-track","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/no-qb-switch-unless-commanders-dont-get-back-on-track\/","title":{"rendered":"No QB switch unless Commanders don’t ‘get back on track’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Washington Commanders will stick with Taylor Heinicke at quarterback — for now. But coach Ron Rivera said Monday that he’ll consider making a change to Carson Wentz if they don’t “get back on track.”<\/p>\n

Heinicke has started the past eight games after Wentz suffered a broken right ring finger Oct. 13. Washington has gone 5-2-1 with Heinicke starting, but the offense has struggled. Wentz was active Sunday for the first time since his injury.<\/p>\n

After Sunday night’s 20-12 loss to the New York Giants, the Commanders (7-6-1) dropped to the seventh and final playoff spot with an upcoming road trip at the San Francisco 49ers (10-4) on Saturday. Washington leads the Seattle Seahawks and Detroit Lions by half a game, so it’s likely the Commanders will have to win two games to clinch a playoff spot.<\/p>\n

“The biggest thing is sticking with Taylor and with what we’re trying to establish,” Rivera said. “[But] it is something, to be quite frank, that I do have to think about at some point. But if we can play the way we’ve played and do the things we’ve done, then we’ll stick where we are.”<\/p>\n