In December Ron Rivera and Washington came calling, Heinicke eventually earning his way onto the active roster, largely through necessity, before playing his way to a two-year, $4.75m offseason extension thanks to his headline-snatching performance while starting in the absence of Alex Smith during the Wild Card loss to the Bucs. Think of that game, and you think of Heinicke's heroic dive for the pylon after contorting his body to dip and dive through the pressure. The 31-year-old fired in five ton-plus averages across seven games to prevail at Players Championship 26, registering wins over the likes of Peter Wright and Vincent van der Voort, before edging out Ryan Searle in the final. The European Tour golfer, nicknamed 'the Bullet', was set the task of trying to break the record for the 'farthest golf shot caught in a moving car' during a recent challenge at Elvington Airfield, near York. Trevor Birch, the EFL chief executive, said: "The EFL's profitability and sustainability rules are in place to discourage short-term overspending and it is appropriate that the league takes the necessary action on behalf of its membership when a transgression occurs.