Soon after Matt Cavanaugh became the Redskins quarterbacks coach this offseason, he had his three charges do some of his work for him. Well, kind of.
What he did was meet individually with Robert Griffin III, Kirk Cousins and Colt McCoy and ask each of them to evaluate themselves — list their strengths and weaknesses. Cavanaugh actually had them write all of this down.
“I thought it was a great idea,” Cousins said.
Then, Cavanaugh asked the players what they would do to improve. Sure, he had some ideas based on 36 years of playing and coaching, but Cavanaugh wanted to get his students’ perspectives first.