ASHBURN, Va. -- The moment didn’t need many words, but Don Cousins found them anyway. He hugged his son, let go and then hugged him some more. It wasn’t just that Washington Redskins quarterback Kirk Cousins had finished off a career-best day. It was the journey traveled to reach this game, a trip no one knew whether it would be possible for him to make this season.
That’s why, in that moment after the Redskins’ 47-14 win over the Saints, the words he found were few.
“Thank you, Kirk,” Don recalled saying. “Thank you for enabling me to experience this day.