Kirk Cousins takes knee leaves Jay Gruden confused
led the on an excellent drive late in the first half of Saturday night's game in Philadelphia, putting the at the seven-yard line with
Chris Williams Jersey six seconds to play.What happened next is hard to explain. After a timeout by the defense, Cousins took a knee on the ensuing snap. The only problem: He
T.j. Edwards Jersey didn't have any timeouts left. The clock ran out at the end of the half with a 16-10 lead. Even coach Jay Gruden had no idea what happened. "Six seconds left, we were going to throw a fade to ,"
Javin White Jersey Gruden told CBS' Evan Washburn. "I have no idea why Kirk took a knee. I'll have to find out at halftime." "There was a lot of confusion with what the playcall was and for lack of a better word, I just had a lapse in my decision-making and instinctually took a knee when I should've thrown the
Isaiah Coulter Jersey ball away to stop the clock," Cousins said in his post-game pre s conference. "We were very fortunate it didn't end up hurting us." The lapse didn't end up costing the
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