Washington Redskins to start Kirk Cousins in Week

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The are moving forward with .Coach Jay Gruden told players in a team meeting Monday morning that Cousins will start Week 1 of the regular season against the , team sources confirmed to NFL Media's Albert Breer. 's status, meanwhile, remains up in the air.The decision caps a week of drama in the nation's capital, where Griffin remains mired in the NFL's concu sion protocol after an independent neurologist on 's playing status for Saturday's preseason tilt against the . That left Washington's third preseason game, where he made his case as the best option to be the team's starter.Meanwhile, sources close to Griffin toldNFL Media's Jeff Darlington that the quarterback's clearance from the concu sion he suffered earlier this Willie Mays Hayes Jersey month is still entirely up to league protocol -- and he at the earliest.Gruden told Darlington that exists inside team walls, but Cousins has often looked like the better fit for Gruden's offense, than Griffin while averaging nearly 100 more pa sing yards per game than last season.Cousins must eliminate his penchant for turnovers, while keeping his head together when those mistakes occur behind a suspect line. His career interception percentage of 4.7 is outrageous, but Cousins also to sed more touchdown pa ses last season over six games (10) than Griffin and combined to throw in 14 games (eight).There's no telling when Griffin will return to the lineup. While the team exercised his $16.155 million option for 2016, that money is guaranteed only for injury. If Washington doesn't see as the long-term solution, the might choose to keep him off the field or even seek a trade.If Cousins performs well, it's fair to wonder if Griffin has played his last snap for an organization that once made him the No. 2 overall pick. How quickly fortunes flip in the NFL. Bobby Bradley Jersey