ASHBURN Womens Bryce Love Jersey , Va. (AP)Inconsistency is one of the few consistencies on the Washington Redskins’ offense. Another is Kirk Cousins. While 27 players have shuffled around him this season, Cousins is not only surviving but thriving and keeping the offense on track. Quarterback is one of just three offensive positions at which Washington has had the same starter for all 11 games, and Cousins’ play is a major reason why the team is still in the playoff race going into its game Thursday night at the Dallas Cowboys. ”Kirk being as good as he is and playing at the level he’s been playing at, it’s made everybody around him better,” said left tackle Trent Williams, who has missed three of five games with a right knee injury. ”So even if we do have a center that just joined the team two weeks ago, as long as Kirk is at the helm and he’s running the offense it’s supposed to be ran, it makes everybody’s job easier.” Injuries got to the point that Cousins met teammates in the locker room hours before a game, and he has had 11 offensive linemen protecting him. He has completed passes to 15 players. All that and Cousins is already over the 3,000-yard mark, is on pace to surpass 4,000 for the third consecutive season and has 19 touchdowns with six interceptions. ”Could be a new center, could be a new wideout, could be a new running back, whatever it is – we’ve just had a lot of new pieces,” coach Jay Gruden said. ”He’s done a nice job of taking care of his business, but I think his comfort level in the offense is starting to show where it doesn’t really matter who he’s playing with, he’s going to be successful.” Cousins, 29, is in his third full year as an NFL starter and credits that experience for his ability to adapt. Everyone knew there would be a significant adjustment with the departures of receivers DeSean Jackson and Pierre Garcon, but this got ridiculous with season-ending injuries to Chris Thompson, Rob Kelley and Terrelle Pryor and two linemen plus a hamstring strain that has sidelined tight end Jordan Reed four games. So Cousins began leaning on Jamison Crowder and Vernon Davis as his favorite targets and developed more trust with second-year wideout Josh Doctson. From week to week, Cousins has rarely had the same players around him. ”Sure, my thought process as I drop back is going to certainly factor in personnel and what guys have been there before and done that and how many reps we have banked in a certain play or experience and where are we a little newer,” Cousins said. ”Sometimes we have to trust it. We have to go and just play and believe that, however new this player is, he’s got to make the play and he’s got a jersey and a number and he can do it.” When Cousins played behind a makeshift line, he got throws off quicker or scrambled more. When Thompson broke his right fibula in New Orleans, Cousins integrated newly signed running back Byron Marshall into the mix and mitigated what looked like a season-crushing injury. ”The great quarterbacks do it without their guys,” said right tackle Morgan Moses, who joins Cousins and Davis as the only three offensive players to start each game. ”Kirk’s doing a good job of making due with what he has. That’s what makes him a great quarterback. He’s winning. You might not know who’s out there, but he’s making plays with them.” Crowder considers Cousins’ preparation the key to this consistency. Knowing how much of a perfectionist Cousins is in practices and games, rookie running back Samaje Perine couldn’t help but laugh about what the QB is doing differently with such a varying supporting cast. ”He’s not doing anything special. He’s just being Kirk Cousins,” Perine said. ”When you really look at it, he hasn’t done anything different with all the pieces that’s missing and all the changing bodies. He’s just been doing the same thing he’s always been doing, which is being a leader and making sure everybody’s on their Ps and Qs.” NOTES: Rookie DL Jonathan Allen did some light agility work as he attempts to return from left foot surgery. Allen has been on injured reserve since mid-October, can practice next week and is eligible to return Dec. 17 against Arizona. … Williams, who didn’t practice Monday, said he’s again in wait-and-see mode about playing at Dallas. … S Montae Nicholson (concussion) https://www.theredskinslockerroom.com/authentic-terry-mclaurin-jersey , C Chase Roullier (hand) and DL Terrell McClain (toe) also did not practice. — ASHBURN, Va. (AP) — The Washington Redskins‘ constantly changing personnel reminded cornerback Josh Norman of a game show.“It’s like watching ‘Jeopardy,'” Norman said as players cleaned out their lockers on Monday. “You watch ‘Jeopardy?’ When you watch it, do you see the same people?”There were plenty of new and unfamiliar faces for Washington this season. Despite racing out to a 6-3 start behind a strong defense and the steady play of quarterback Alex Smith, the Redskins eventually placed a league-high 24 players on injured reserve — including Smith and his backup, Colt McCoy, both of whom suffered broken legs — while losing six of their final seven games to finish 7-9 for the second straight season.Coach Jay Gruden said as of Monday afternoon, he had not yet talked to owner Dan Snyder or anyone else in the organization about his future or the jobs of his coaching staff.“When you’re 7-9, whether you have injuries or not, it’s not good enough for this franchise,” Gruden said. “Mr. Snyder demands greatness from his staff and his players and we didn’t deliver.”Gruden said he didn’t want to use injuries as an excuse, but added that it was “impossible” to fully evaluate his players, particularly at quarterback, where the Redskins had four different starters. They finished the season with Josh Johnson, who had last started an NFL game in 2011.Washington has missed the playoffs in three consecutive seasons and in four of Gruden’s five years in charge. Gruden is the longest-tenured coach since Snyder bought the team in 1997, compiling a 35-44-1 record.Uncertainty surrounds veterans Norman, Jamison Crowder, Jordan Reed, Mason Foster, Zach Brown and Adrian Peterson, among others.Peterson, the 33-year-old running back picked up on Aug. 20 to help ease the loss of second-round draft pick Derrius Guice to injury, was one of the bright spots for the Redskins. He led the team with 1,042 yards rushing and seven touchdowns.“I only can control the things I can control and I felt like I’ve done that somewhat, so I’ll sit back and let the chips fall where they may,” Peterson said about his future.As for Smith, there’s no guarantee the 34-year-old quarterback will ever play again after he suffered a compound fracture that required multiple surgeries and a long hospital stay to fight off an infection.City after allowing Kirk Cousins to leave in free agency.“We’re obviously hopeful he can turn a corner and start the rehab process and possibly get back on the field,” Gruden said. “That’s all we can hope for right now.”Team president Bruce Allen infamously said after the 2014 season the Redskins were “winning off the field.” They had their fair share of problems once again in that department.The Redskins, who are 59-84-1 in Allen’s nine years on the job, finally acknowledged the end of their decades-long sellout streak as crowds continued to dwindle at FedEx Field. They also received harsh criticism for singing free agent Reuben Foster following his arrest for domestic violence, placed second year safety Montae Nicholson on the non-football injury reserve list following a late-season arrest, released Pro Bowl alternate D.J. Swearinger on Christmas Eve after Swearinger repeatedly complained about defensive coordinator Greg Manusky, and fired several business executives on Dec. 26 after less than a year on the job.Somehow, Washington was still in playoff contention until a Week 16 loss at Tennessee. The Redskins concluded the season with a 24-0 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles that felt like a road game as traveling Philly fans nearly filled up the lower bowl at FedEx Field.As to Norman’s future with the team as a player — or contestant, as he put it — the once-coveted cornerback felt that he was better than his three interceptions showed.“Whenever they decide to have a meeting, we’ll see,” Norman said. “I think it’s one of my best seasons yet, and we don’t grow on trees. So we’ll see what happens.”