The Washington Redskins Are Winning More Home Games With Jay Gruden

Cousins finished with a flawless passer rating (158.3), completing 20-of-25 for 324 yards and four touchdowns. That doesn’t mean I want him to be the coach of the defense.

Cousins became the first Redskins quarterback to throw three first-half touchdown passes since Robert Griffin III on November 7, 2013 at Minnesota.

Kirk Cousins celebrated the Redskins’ 47-14 win against the New Orleans Saints on Sunday in heartwarming fashion by giving the game ball to his father Don, who’s been unable to attend any of his son’s games this season since he was diagnosed with cancer earlier in the year.

The 33-point margin of victory was Washington’s largest since beating San Francisco by 35, 52-17, in October 2005.

On the one hand, Cousins has been statistically average for a starting National Football League quarterback this season.

The Saints (4-6) lost their second game in a row, following a run of three victories that briefly got them to.500.

It was the worst loss for Sean Payton as head coach of the Saints, a 33 point blowout at Washington.

“Take this time to get away and recharge”, offensive lineman Zach Strief said of the message the Saints’ 10th-year quarterback delivered to his team after a team run Monday.

Browner was in pursuit initially but then inexplicably instead of trying to make a diving tackle at Jones (as you would assume he would try to do), he suddenly (and intentionally) chose to peel back and “take out” Redskins right guard Spencer Long – who was trailing behind the play. Running back Alfred Morris came in having gained 51 yards on 29 carries in his previous four games; this time, he wound up with 93 yards on 15 carries.

That’s because opposite of Cousins was Saints defensive coordinator Rob Ryan and his 30th-ranked passing defense. Brees got off to fast start, throwing touchdowns to Brandin Cooks on two of the first three drives. There was one particular instance where Matt Jones strung it out all the way to the right side and was able to turn a negative play into a decent gain thanks to a single push from Brandon Scherff that sent his man flying five yards down the field.

“It’s tough, especially going into the bye week”, safety Kenny Vaccaro said. “I feel like he’s putting in hard work and that’s given him confidence to know that he’s going to go perform on the field”.

The winning score came one play after Winston fumbled the ball leaping over a defender on a touchdown attempt, but a Dallas holding call in the end zone bailed out the Bucs (4-5).

Ex-Redskins Tim Hightower potentially showed the ability to aid in the Saints’ running game by carrying 11 times for 46 yards late…