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-- In CSN Mid-Atlantic's Rich Tandler's daily "Need to Know," he wonders if Kirk Cousins might be bluffing about being OK with playing under the franchise tag as the July 15 deadline approaches.
-- Tandler also writes that the Redskins' defense is rare in that it boasts many players who have had to earn their way onto NFL rosters.
-- CSN Mid-Atlantic's Tarik El-Bashir writes that head coach Jay Gruden believes the team is off to a great start in 2016.