Week 3 of preseason is generally when we see the starters for the biggest chunk of time.
That’s music to Kirk Cousins’ ears considering Cousins has just 12 attempts so far in the team’s first two preseason games.
“So the nice thing with the third game is you have a little bit larger sample size in case you don’t start fast, but certainly we hope to and expect to start fast,” Cousins said Thursday. “We want to put together a good showing against their starters with a longer amount of time on the field. It’ll be great to be at home and get familiar with that since Week 1 will be at home as well. Just similar to the others, it’s a dress rehearsal, but we’re going to treat it as a game and do all we can to be ready so then come Week 1, we’ve worked through as many possible scenarios as we can.”
On those 12 attempts, Cousins has been pretty good, going 10-for-12 for 133 yards and a touchdown.
Cousins almost certainly won’t play in the team’s fourth preseason game, so this is the last time we’ll see him before the team hosts the Falcons on Sept. 8 at U.S. Bank Stadium.
In preseason play in 2018, Cousins was 24-for-40 for 236 yards and a touchdown.
