Redskins Def/Spec Team: Washington to face turnover-prone Eagles

The aforementioned Kirk Cousins continued to show his improvement today in a home win against the Buffalo Bills. “Whoever does, good luck to them”.

The Bills 16 year streak of not making it to the playoffs is longer than any other team in the game and yes, that includes the Cleveland Browns. In his weekly appearance with Grant and Danny on 106.7 The Fan Monday morning, host Grant Paulsen asked the quarterback if he’d like to remain in Washington beyond this season. “To make matters worse, add some anonymous internal bickering by someone in the Bills front office who went to the press and allegedly doubted whether Mario Williams was even legitimately sick when he missed practice this week and you have the prefect recipe for a bickering Bills sequel”. “The first few weeks you had to get used to that, but now…”

“I wouldn’t say we’d have trouble [on the outside]”, Huff said, when asked if it would be different if Jackson or Maclin were still with the Eagles.

“Who knows what’s going to happen?” We still have a lot of work to do. But we have a job to do before that, and that’s where my focus is, is on right here and right now. The Eagles are also keeping Kenjon Barner active on game day but they haven’t given him the ball since he fumbled late in the Eagles-Patriots game back in Week 13.

Bradford revealed for the first time Wednesday that he still was experiencing soreness in his twice-repaired left knee early in the season. They’ve won eight in a row now. The Redskins are not the most exciting team, but they are the most balanced in the division and will surprisingly clinch the NFC East on Saturday night.

Dynamics to consider: Cousins is a relatively young quarterback who is hitting his stride in the final year of his contract for a team with deep pockets and no attractive alternative (the release of Griffin is a given). He is the ninth Bills receiver with eight such games. If extrapolated out over a 16-game season, anybody in the league could argue that a quarterback that throws for over four thousands yards and thirty touchdowns to just six turnovers through the air is of upper-echelon talent. For Cousins, it’s been mostly about consistency. When Jim Schwartz was the defensive coordinator for the Buffalo Bills, he allowed Williams to have the same freedom. Nine of Cousins’ 11 interceptions this season have been on the road.

I don’t think the Eagles were looking ahead to this week’s game.

Now, if Cousins can lead his team to another victory on Saturday night, he might also be getting a look at a much bigger pay check next week.

Things are great at the moment for both Cousins and for the Redskins. While they haven’t ruled him out, there is some thought that his season could be over as well. Translation: The Bills made him look like Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers rolled into one. I posed the question on Twitter earlier today, and as expected, I received a wide-range of answers. We have to learn. “That’s really all that matters”.

“The more leaders, the better the team, but it’s going to come gradually”, he said.

The Buffalo Bills are officially eliminated from playoff contention, and they still have two games to go before the 2015 regular season comes to its conclusion. Kirk Cousins led a 10-play, 84-yard drive in a little more than 5 minutes capped off with a 3-yard touchdown pass to Jordan Reed. This all sets up perfectly for him and the team.