Biggest Takeaways from Washington Redskins’ Week 7 Win

October 26, 2015   ·   James Dudko   ·   Jump to comments

To you, me and the rest of us mere mortals, a week is just seven days. To the rarefied beings who ply their trades in the arena of professional sports, however, a week is a long time. Particularly for those who earn their crusts in the NFL.
One week is all it took for Kirk Cousins and the Washington Redskins to completely alter the narrative of their season. For No. 8, that meant leading a historic comeback to help see off the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 31-30 in a wild game at FedEx Field.
In the process, Cousins turned the narrative that he is a failed quarterback, a spectacularly bad gamble from head coach Jay Gruden, on its head. Washington's sideline general now looks vindicated for starting Cousins over Robert Griffin III, after the former threw for three touchdowns and ran for another. The trick now is repeating those heroics.
It would help if the man under center received some—any at all, really—help from a dormant running game. Not even the visit of a ...

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