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RICHMOND -- It's been a tough few days for Josh Doctson.

On Wednesday, the third-year wideout went down hard on his left shoulder and cornerback Josh Norman landed on top of him while working near the goal line. It looked bad in person and Doctson got up in obvious pain. The situation seemed legit worrisome, but good news emerged. 

Doctson tweeted out that he was good, and Washington head coach Jay Gruden confirmed that Doctson should be good to go for Saturday's practice though he would sit out the session on Thursday. 

That wasn't the only injury news, though. 

NBC Sports Washington's Brian Mitchell reported that a team source informed him that Doctson had to get his heel drained earlier in the week. 

Another medical procedure for Josh Doctson. @BMitchliveNBCS dropped all the details on Redskins 💯. pic.twitter.com/Xiw4m4d3B0

— NBC Sports Redskins (@NBCSRedskins) August 2, 2018

Many pro athletes get their joints drained. It's a common practice, particularly with knee trouble. 

For Doctson, however, any mention of his feet carries baggage. Before camp opened, he underwent a "precautionary" MRI on his Achilles. The test revealed no trouble. Doctson called it a "tune up" and Gruden dismissed the notion that the procedure should be alarming. Then came the shoulder injury. 

Doctson missed basically his entire rookie year in 2016 with Achilles injuries. In 2017 he dealt with a nagging hamstring injury for much of training camp and the first month of the season. 

A first-round pick in 2016, Doctson is wildly talented. He makes big plays all over the field in practice, and has shown that ability in flashes in games. 

Odds are that getting the heel drained is not a big deal. At all. But it can't feel good, either. 

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Dwayne Haskins has thrown 57 passes in his first two NFL starts, and while everyone — from Dwayne to his coaches to his teammates to Redskins fans — would've liked those attempts to have generated more production and success, it's necessary to keep that number in mind.

Again: He's thrown just 57 passes as a starter in the NFL.

Despite that miniscule amount, some are rushing to judgment about the rookie's long-term future in the league. It's more than fine to look at what he's done through two starts and closely analyze it and even criticize some of it, but it's far too early to say definitively what he will become as a pro.

(Note: His appearances against the Giants and Vikings aren't being taken into consideration in this story, due to him coming into both contests while trailing and without a full week of reps with the first-stringers. He struggled in New York and Minnesota, but he was put in spots where struggles were almost certain.)

To put it simply: His past two efforts, while discouraging, don't mean he's a completely doomed passer who should start considering other careers. And to emphasize that fact, here's an exercise.

Let's put the stat lines from a few quarterbacks' first two starts next to each other, but withhold their names. For example, check out what this pair of signal callers did in their first and second times out as the No. 1 option: 

• QB A - 34-of-52 (65.3-percent completion rate), 466 yards, 6 TDs, 0 INTs
• QB B - 34-of-67 (50.7-percent completion rate), 357 yards, 1 TD, 5 INTs

QB A is a baller while QB B is a scrub, right? Not exactly. QB A is Marcus Mariota. QB B is Matthew Stafford. Mariota is currently sitting behind Ryan Tannehill and almost surely won't be a Titan in 2020, while Stafford has been entrenched in Detroit since 2009.

Here's another comparsion: 

• QB A - 45-of-66 (68.1-percent completion rate), 446 yards, 3 TDs, 1 INT
• QB B - 22-of-46 (47.8-percent completion rate), 319 yards, 1 TD, 2 INTs

Look at that 20-plus percent difference in completion percentage between QB A and QB B, plus the large edge the former has over the latter in yardage. Well, QB A is EJ Manuel and QB B is Matt Ryan. Yep.

The point of this story is setting in by now, but here's one more side-by-side: 

• QB A - 34-of-57 (59.6-percent completion rate), 358 yards, 2 TDs, 1 INT 
• QB B - 43-of-76 (56.6-percent completion rate), 533 yards, 3 TDs, 3 INTs 

QB A doesn't come close to matching QB B's yardage output, but he does have a slightly better (though still not ideal) completion percentage and two fewer picks. Turns out, QB A is actually Dwayne Haskins while QB B is Andrew Luck. If there were any folks in Indy ready to call Luck a bust through two starts, they surely now realize how foolish they were being then.

Of course, there have been young players — like Aaron Rodgers and Patrick Mahomes — who looked like stars the minute they took over. Unfortunately, Haskins doesn't find himself on that immediate path.

Also, while it'd be unfair for the Redskins to make a decision on whether Haskins is the answer after he's started twice, the reality is he may only get six more chances. Washington is going to have a premium draft pick next April and could choose another highly touted arm. It doesn't need to settle on how it feels about Haskins yet, but that date could be coming somewhat soon, meaning he must improve quickly.

Regardless, those who want to grade Haskins and evaluate him right now absolutely can, but those who want to call it one way or the other need to stop. As the above numbers show, if two starts was the be-all and end-all for pro passers, Marcus Mariota would be a legend while Matt Ryan would be selling insurance.

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The Redskins cut former Buccaneers second-round pick Noah Spence Tuesday and promoted Carroll Phillips from the practice squad, according to Ian Rapoport. 

Washington signed Spence in mid-September after the Bucs cut him at the end of training camp.

Hopes were high for Spence in Tampa after he recorded 5.5 sacks in his rookie season, but has only recorded two sacks in the three seasons following 2016. 

Phillips joined the Redskins practice squad in Week 9 after playing in limited snaps with the Jaguars and Colts as an undrafted free agent in 2017. 

The Illinois product figures to be the fourth man in the Redskins pass rush rotation behind Ryan Kerrigan, Montez Sweat and Ryan Anderson. 

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