Washington Redskins coach Jay Gruden confirmed on Monday that Kirk Cousins will be the team’s starting quarterback, but not just for Week 1 of the regular season. Gruden tried to simplify things a bit.
“It’s Kirk’s team,” he said.
Gruden said Cousins has “earned the right to be our starter for 2015.” Perhaps more importantly, he openly admitted that the decision to go with Cousins over Robert Griffin III has nothing to do with RG3’s concussion.
Jay Gruden asked if RG3 lost job because of performance: “Correct … because of Kirk’s performance.”
— Will Brinson (@WillBrinson) August 31, 2015
The Redskins cannot cut Griffin if he has not been cleared by doctors, but it certainly seems like the writing is on the wall. While there may be hardly any suitors on the trade market for RG3 and his $16.1 million salary for 2016, the situation in Washington has gotten ugly enough.
According to a recent report, Redskins owner Dan Snyder is not blocking the Redskins’ coaching staff or front office from trading Griffin. A report from over the weekend said the exact opposite.
If you want to know how Gruden feels about RG3, just read this. A divorce seems imminent.
