Five Quick Snaps on Kyle Allen Trade

The Redskins have competition for Dwayne Haskins. They don't have anyone that should beat him out, but they do have someone they know.

Kyle Allen is the Redskins newest quarterback and at some time in 2020, you should probably expect that he's going to start a game for the Redskins and become the seventh (gulp!) quarterback to start for Washington since Kirk Cousins was kicked out the door. 

Allen was reportedly acquired by trade  on Monday afternoon by the Redskins for a fifth-round pick. 

With Dwayne Haskins having the best chance to be the starter (pending the draft), Kyle Allen comes in as the backup at the least. A QB that coach Ron Rivera has a lot of trust in. https://t.co/DX69kS8zbz

— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) March 23, 2020

Some quick snap thoughts and observations:

1. Allen does bring more starting experience to the table than Dwayne Haskins but there is more than enough doubt about him that he's not a sure-fire or likely starter. 

2. The Redskins get someone they know, trust and knows the system. It's a huge key in this offseason of the complete unknown, with almost surely no organized team activities and a new system/language to install. 

3. Allen played against the Redskins as a starter last year and he was so bad after the first two touchdown drives that the Panthers hardly moved the needle, their run defense wilted and Ron River got fired. 

The Redskins sacked him SEVEN times. 

Can confirm Redskins traded for Kyle Allen. He's the right level backup to come in and compete with Dwayne Haskins. Side by side look at their 2019 seasons attached. Allen had more starts. pic.twitter.com/33dV47axSf

— JP Finlay (@JPFinlayNBCS) March 23, 2020

4. That leads to this observation from the great Chris Trapasso of CBSSports.com:

I watched all of Kyle Allen's throws in 2019. Definitely some impressive highs (five games in B range, one in A range)

But a handful of lows (six games graded in the D range).

Arm talent is there. Just really struggles vs. pressure.

— Chris Trapasso 🏈 (@ChrisTrapasso) March 23, 2020

5.  The Redskins now have two assets they are having trouble trading and no second, fifth or sixth round pick in the upcoming draft. 

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