Yes, Keenum is experienced.
My concern is not his acquisition after the injury to Smith but rather that in an attempt to save his own ass Gruden unlike New York at 1-5 or 2-6 is going to maintain the myth that this team is close or still competitive and refuses to get Haskins on the field when there is little but a mathematical chance for this team to advance to the playoffs.
To me nothing would be worse than riding Keenum to a 5-11 or 6-10 record and having the organization say we can get a look at Haskins in 2020.
This team isn't good enough at any position to start red-shirting high draft picks in order to play guys with average careers and limited upsides going forward.
New York determined after 2 bad losses that their team was not going to be competitive in 2019 and made some changes.
Without Manning and Barkley they were able to win today with Jones getting on the field and looking prepared, overcoming a horrible defensive performance.
Again, I don't think the Redskins are close to having a team that is going to be a contender so the management and development of the younger players that are going to be here in the future is paramount.
I am far more interested in Cole Holcomb, McLaurin, Sweat, Haskins, Payne, etc. than I am in what we see or don't see from Josh Norman and Morgan Moses, veterans that seem on the downside that still carry high cap numbers heading into 2020.
Allen and Gruden may still have to mouth the ‘we are close' or ‘we are getting there' mantras but these ring hollow because their belief or at least Allen's was based on the anticipated contributions of players returning from IR or lingering injuries from last year.
Many of those same players are now either hurt again or under-performing team expectations.
So, to me this is a team in transition and one that bears watching for the tilting point.
It will be interesting to see what this team does on MNF against Chicago.
I think the past couple of weeks showed that the Eagles are not a juggernaut and both Atlanta and Detroit put up the yardage Washington did, while those clubs were able to hold on and win.