Washington Redskins never wanted to trade Kirk Cousins
With Robert Griffin III out for 6-8 weeks with a dislocated ankle, the Washington Redskins starting quarterback will be fellow third-year man Kirk Cousins, who has a golden opportunity on his hands over these handful of games. Cousins didn’t exactly impress in his appearances late in the season in relief of RG3 in 2013, but he looked solid against a putrid Jacksonville Jaguars defense in last week’s 41-10 blowout victory. We’ll have to see if he can replicate that against a better Philadelphia Eagles defense this week, but he actually has a legit shot at taking over for RG3 based on reports we’ve heard over the past few months; there are some who believe Jay Gruden and other in the Redskins organization think Cousins is a better player and fit.
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The NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport reports that the Redskins never actually considered trading Cousins despite all of the constant trade rumors in the offseason, especially those linking him to the Cleveland Browns and offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan. Per Rapoport, the Redskins had a mid-round pick offer from the Browns for Cousins, but GM Bruce Allen didn’t want to trade him at all.
Allen had a few reasons for holding off on dealing Cousins for a pick, and one of them was RG3’s injury history. It would have been far too risky to trade a fully capable backup with an injury-prone starter. I mean, if the Redskins did trade Cousins, then they could very well have screwed themselves over at this point this year with RG3 out for several weeks with a dislocated ankle.