Kirk Cousins on the Torment of Close Losses

Losses like Sunday's against the Chargers eat at Cousins.

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00:00 How hard is it to watch tape when you know the result from last week,

00:04 especially those last two possessions, how hard is it to sit down and go through that?

00:08 I said to Alec when we did an interview this August, I hope my boys find something

00:12 they're as passionate about as I am about football but I hope it doesn't torment them. The way football

00:16 torments me, I mean I'm crawling in my skin driving home from the stadium on Sunday

00:20 in the last two days. You've got to get back up on the horse on Wednesday morning

00:24 and come back to work. Cali you're sitting there in meetings and you're

00:28 just frustrated and that's part

00:32 of it because it matters to you and it should hurt.

00:36 I'm always reminded in March, April when you're saying we're going to go another time

00:40 around the horn, you know you're signing up for some frustrations here and there and some moments

00:44 that you wish you could have back. That's where we are right now.

00:48 I'm thankful that we've been as explosive as an offensive as we have been. There's a lot

00:52 to build on but you've got to put it all together. Four quarters,

00:56 all phases of football, red zone, third down, short yardage,

01:00 first, second down, run game, pass game.

01:04 That's no easy task. -Talking about the game tormenting you,

01:08 how much better have you gotten at being able to move on and let that

01:12 go by come Wednesday? -You have to ask my wife. She'd probably be able to tell you if I'm

01:16 getting better. I'm trying. I'm trying.

01:20 I think it goes both ways. On one hand you're further along in your football

01:24 career so you feel like you're getting better at it. On the other hand you're

01:28 further along in your football career so you realize you're running out of time. I think it's both

01:32 sides of that. I think when you're younger you maybe are a little more willing to shrug

01:36 your shoulders and know there's more games up ahead. I think when you're older you're like

01:40 it's now. It's got to be now. I was saying that last year too. The Adam Thelans won't be

01:44 here forever. Let's do it now. You feel

01:48 that too. This league will beat you up. It'll test you.

01:52 It takes grit. It takes toughness.

01:56 That's another trait I want to see in my boys. I've got to model it for them

02:00 on a daily, weekly basis.