Case Keenum not the No. 1 QB on the Redskins’ first depth chart

The former Minnesota Vikings quarterback will open up the 2019 preseason as the Washington Redskins’ backup signal-caller behind Colt McCoy

Ever since he left the Minnesota Vikings in 2018, things haven’t turned out as well for Case Keenum as they did during his lone season in purple.

Keenum was brought in last year to be the starting quarterback for the Denver Broncos. However, the Broncos had second thoughts after just one season with him as their starter and they ended up shipping him to the Washington Redskins this offseason.

With the Redskins, Keenum wasn’t immediately named the starter for 2019, but many assumed he would end up getting the job. Well, that might not actually be the case anymore (pun possibly intended).

Prior to their preseason opener against the Cleveland Browns on Thursday, Washington released their first unofficial depth chart of the year and it doesn’t list Keenum as the team’s top quarterback.

Instead, Colt McCoy is at the No. 1 spot on the Redskins’ quarterback depth chart, followed by Keenum, and then rookie Dwayne Haskins is listed third.

Washington only gave up a sixth-round pick to acquire the former Vikings quarterback, so maybe his spot on the team’s first unofficial depth chart shouldn’t really be that surprising.

This doesn’t put Keenum out of the running to open the season as the Redskins’ starter, but it’s clear that he hasn’t done enough during the team’s practices this year to establish himself as their top quarterback.

Another former Minnesota player who actually is at a top spot on Washington’s unofficial depth chart is running back Adrian Peterson. Entering his 13th year in the NFL, Peterson is coming off a season with the Redskins in which he rushed for more than 1,000 yards for the eighth time in his career.

As of right now, the chances of the former Vikings running back opening the regular season as a starter for Washington seem much higher than they do for Keenum.