Washington QB Kirk Cousins Has Made Sure Robert Griffin III's Job is Safe But Not His Own

A few weeks ago there were some that believed the Washington Redskins should look in to trading injured quarterback Robert Griffin III. After all, with the exception of his rookie season he has not exactly been lighting up secondaries and leading the team to victory very often. Injuries have played a significant factor in that, but with the way Kirk Cousins was playing popular opinion was in favor of him remaining the starter when RG3 returned.

Fast forward a few weeks and fans are now eagerly awaiting the return of Griffin (possibly against Dallas), but are also wondering if Colt McCoy should be give a shot.

via Bleacher Report

If you just look at his stats Cousins appears to be playing well overall. He's averaging over 300 yards a game, completing over 60 percent of his passes, and has a decent rating of 88.3 (decent--not great). His touchdown to interception ratio could be better (10-8), but for the most part he appears to be doing okay.

But if the stats don't equate to a win they don't matter. Six weeks in to the season the Redskins are 1-5; 1-4 under Cousins.

The running game not performing well has hurt, but of late poor decisions by Cousins has been just as costly if not more so. Against the Giants he had four of his eight picks in what ended up being an embarrassing blowout on national television. Sunday against the Cardinals he has three more, the last resulting in a pick-6 that iced the game for the Cardinals.

To be fair, he looked great against Jacksonville and Philadelphia and was not bad against Seattle. With hopes of post season play quickly dwindling the team can't afford to guess on which version of Cousins is going to show up--the stud or the dud.

At this point they have nothing to lose by giving Colt McCoy a try against Tennessee next week. The former Longhorns QB looked on target in the preseason. Who knows--maybe he's finally ready to break out.

If the team does give McCoy a try and he succeeds Cousins could find himself shoved down to No. 3 on the depth chart and possibly out the door once his rookie contract expires.

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