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The Kevin Sheehan Show

Kevin looks back on the Taylor Heinicke "era" in Washington

The Kevin Sheehan Show

Audacy

Sports, News

4.7696 Ratings

🗓️ 8 May 2026

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

5.8.26, Kevin Sheehan gives his thoughts on Taylor Heinicke’s tenure on the Commanders after announcing his retirement from the NFL and his best moments on the Commanders.

Transcript

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0:00.0

of Taylor Heineke, 301-230980. For those that don't know, he announced his retirement

0:07.9

yesterday from football. This is a guy who here in Washington in 2020 was given the opportunity

0:15.3

to start a playoff game. His first game as a starter in Washington was the playoff game against Tampa on January 9th,

0:26.2

2021. And he was outstanding that night, no doubt. Completed 26 of 44 passes for

0:32.6

306 yards, a touchdown and interception, and had six carries for 46 yards, including

0:38.7

that, you know, memorable run to the pylon to cut Tampa's lead in the third quarter of that game

0:48.8

to 18 to 16. Yeah, it was 18 to 16 at the end of the third quarter. They did lose that game. I know it felt like in the moment that maybe they won that football game, but they didn't. They lost that football game. There were a couple of games for me that I think were incredibly memorable. And I'd go to 2021, you know, when he started against Atlanta on the road, and it was a wild back and fourth

1:14.8

game. You know, Washington and Atlanta, you know, the Falcons took an eight-point lead in the

1:21.0

fourth quarter, and then he threw that incredible touchdown pass where he ducked pressure and

1:26.2

threw a TD pass to Terry McLaren, and then, you know, again, ducked pressure and threw a TD pass to Terry McCluren.

1:28.7

And then, you know, again, ducked pressure and created and extended more time and dumped it off to McKissick, who ended up scoring.

1:36.1

And they won that game 34 to 30.

1:39.9

He, that particular day, they were outstanding, you know, in clutch situations, he was great.

1:46.7

He threw for 2.93 touchdowns.

1:49.3

Didn't commit a turnover, which, you know, did plague him at times in games,

1:54.8

rushed for 43 yards.

1:57.3

You know, basically it was a shootout between Taylor Heineke and Matt Ryan, you know,

2:02.1

in Atlanta in a 34 to 30 game. Another memorable game for me was at Indianapolis in 2022.

2:10.8

They had just beaten the Packers with him taking over this starting roll from Carson Wentz.

2:16.8

And they beat the Packers, by the way, on a third and long, it was third and eight, third and nine, and he threw a ball timing-wise to Terry McLaren on the far sideline for a first down that was a big-time throw, big-time catch too. But the game at Indianapolis, I mean, was not necessarily Taylor at his best.

2:36.9

You know, he threw a pick, he took some sacks, and there he was, you know, with them trailing 16 to 10,

2:45.0

and they picked up a big time fourth down from their own territory,

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