Both GM Scot McCloughan and head coach Jay Gruden are glad to have Colt McCoy back competing and pushing Kirk Cousins in the quarterbacks room.
Football is more than a game to quarterback Colt McCoy, it’s what he was born to do, or so he wrote in a lengthy Player’s Tribune article last week after signing a three-year contract with the Redskins.
In deciding to bring him back for a third season, general manager Scot McCloughan cited that particular aspect — describing him as a “football player,” a phrase he uses a lot — as a defining reason in keeping McCoy as the team’s backup to Kirk Cousins.