Kirk Cousins’s job, at long last, is also his credit
Kirk Cousins’s transition from unheralded fourth-round backup to Washington sports VIP took the natural next step this week: an announcement from Eastern Motors that it had signed Cousins to a sponsorship deal.
This puts Cousins in the elite class of local athletic superstars Alex Ovechkin and Clinton Portis, Chris Cooley and LaVar Arrington, Alfred Morris and Bradley Beal, Brian Orakpo and Jason Campbell, Santana Moss and Brendan Haywood, Sean Taylor and Antwaan Randle El. It’s a rite of passage, a training in camp, something that lasts as forever as a touchdown run or a six-second video clip starring Tarik El-Bashir.