ASHBURN, Va. — If there was one particular decision, one particular moment, that allowed Jay Gruden to point his Washington Redskins — and, indeed, his very career as an NFL head coach — in the right direction, it was picking Kirk Cousins over Robert Griffin III as the team's starting QB.
"It's hard for a head coach to have one starting quarterback and then change so suddenly. But we just told Jay: 'Hey, man, pick a quarterback and let's roll with him. We have to put trust in him and confidence in him and make sure that quarterback keeps things rolling,'" defensive lineman Ricky Jean Francois said Thursday.