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441 snaps? That's impressive.Colt McCoy- Colt McCoy replaced Alex Smith midway through the third quarter and played the final 24 snaps of the game. McCoy played 441 snaps in a meaningless Week 17 affair against the Cowboys in 2015, took the last 3 snaps for the team in a 47-17 beatdown of the Saints that year and was in for the final snaps of a blowout at the hands of the Cowboys last year, but his first meaningful snaps since Week 15 of 2014 came in Sunday’s game.
The ninth year vet stepped in and threw a touchdown pass on his first attempt against the Texans. It was his first score since he threw a 71-yard TD to Rashad Ross in the fourth quarter of the aforementioned 2017 finale against Dallas.
McCoy nearly led the Redskins to their first come-from-behind win of 2018, but he fell just short of doing so. He finished the game with the following line: 12 attempts, 6 completions, 5 first downs, 54 yards, 1 touchdown, no interceptions, 2 sacks and a 90.3 passer rating.
He also ran the ball five times for 2 first downs and 35 yards, which is the best yardage total by a Skins’ quarterback since Kirk Cousins gained 38 yards on the ground against Alex Smith’s Chiefs in Week 4 of 2017. One of McCoy’s chain movers against Houston came on the Redskins’ only fourth-down try of the day; the offense finished the drive by scoring a touchdown and taking the lead after trailing for the first time all year.
McCoy showed that he was not afraid to air it out in this one. His average depth of target of 14.2 yards, was the highest such mark by a Washington QB this season. Expect McCoy to continue to play more aggressively than Smith has.
This will likely cause the Redskins to both gain more yards through the air (25th in passing yards per game) and turn the ball over more often (3rd in giveaways), Jay Gruden and McCoy will need to find a healthy balance between the two if the team hopes to reach the postseason for the first time since 2015.
Colt McCoy’s first start since 2014 will come against the last team he officially won a game against, the Dallas Cowboys.
yeah i saw that441 snaps? That's impressive.
Typos happen. I have no idea what to expect tomorrow.yeah i saw that
Pro Bowl material