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Five games into Taylor Heinicke’s tenure, it’s still unclear whether he’s the best quarterback to lead the Washington Football Team for the rest of the season. The 28-year-old with the storybook ascent has proved capable of game-winning drives and mind-boggling turnovers — sometimes reckless, always exciting — but Sunday’s 31-13 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs cast him in a new light: mostly muted, checking down often and scrambling not at all.

Related players: Ryan Fitzpatrick

In the second half, Washington needed full-tilt Heinicke as the defense faltered against Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes. But the offense couldn’t manage much against one of the league’s worst defenses; none of its four full drives lasted longer than seven plays or 32 yards, the story said. Fitz seems close to returning, according to reports. He's due for an MRI "soon," the team said, while other reports say he could be cleared to play in Week 7. While Heinicke seemed to be a lock to keep his job just a few weeks ago, that no longer seems to be the case as we await for a report on Fitzpatrick.

Ryan Fitzpatrick remains on track to be able to return to play within a few weeks, according to sources with knowledge of the situation.

Related players: Taylor Heinicke

Fitz could be cleared by Week 7, according to the report. But as the story said, he is far from assured of regaining his starting position as Washington's quarterback. Heinicke, a late-season revelation in 2020, continues to impress coaches and teammates and has a legitimate shot to keep the job if he continues to perform. There seems to be strong support from the coaches to keep Heinicke on the field when Fitz comes back, too. The team is eager to get him back, but it's more about depth, the story went on to say.

D.J. Chark (ankle) will be placed on IR on Monday, John Shipley of SI.com reports.

Related players: Marvin Jones, Laviska Shenault, Dan Arnold, Tyron Johnson, Jamal Agnew

Chark fractured his ankle against the Bengals during Thursday night of Week 4. He'll be out for the season, leaving the Jags top targets as Jones and Shenault. QB Trevor Lawrence could look toward newly-acquired TE Arnold more as well. Johnson and Agnew are next up at the WR position.

Seahawks head coach told reporters Wednesday that WR D'Wayne Eskridge is at home and is in concussion protocol.

Related Players: Freddie Swain, Penny Hart, Will Dissly

The rookie Eskridge has had a rough start to his NFL career. The likelihood he plays is slim so receivers Freddie Swain and Penny Hart, and tight end Will Dissly stand to see increases in snaps.

Timeline update: WFT QB Ryan Fitzpatrick, who is being placed on injured reserve today, is expected to miss 6-8 weeks with the hip injury he suffered Sunday, per source.

Taylor Heinicke time.

The WFT said today they are going to stay in-house for their quarterback so they are expected to stick with Heinicke. It remains to be seen if Fitz is able to get his job back in that timeframe. If Heinicke is playing well, it's easy to see they continue to roll with Heinicke. Heinicke is worth a pickup in multi-QB and superflex leagues.

Washington Football Team QB Ryan Fitzpatrick suffered a hip subluxation, knocking him out several weeks and likely meaning a stint on IR. He'll have an MRI today to determine how much time he'll miss.

Related players: Kyle Allen, Taylor Heinicke, Cam Newton

It's essentially a dislocated hip. Rapoport said it could go a couple of different ways - it could be extremely serious where he doesn't play at all for the rest of this year, or it could be minor. But at the very least, Fitz is going to miss several weeks, so a stint on IR makes a lot of sense here. He went on to say the team will look inward first, meaning Heinicke and Allen will get the chances. It appears for now, bringing in Newton doesn't look to be on the table.