Jay Gruden was head coach of the Washington Commanders from 2014 to 2019. That was so long ago that the team had a different name and Kirk Cousins ​​wasn’t considered the old man by any of his teammates.

Washington was a .500 team during the years when Cousins ​​was the starter, but they didn’t really know what to do with him long-term, which led to him playing under the franchise tag for several seasons before he was eventually left for Minnesota in 2018. received an additional draft pick in the third round to make up for the loss of their starting quarterback and they had been looking for a replacement ever since, finally appearing to draft a franchise QB in Jayden Daniels seven years later.

Jay Gruden still seems salty about the loss of Cousins ​​and made that clear in a social media post after watching his former QB throw for over 500 yards on Thursday Night Football.

Gruden and Cousins ​​didn’t have much success together, going 0-1 in their single trip to the postseason, but we’re sure Gruden didn’t survive without Cousins. He was fired after an 0-5 start in 2019. That same season, Cousins ​​went 10-5 as the Vikings’ starting quarterback.

It’s understandable why he might still regret the franchise’s decision.