“Yeah, there will be a lot of people from my hometown coming over, I would guess — a lot of Michigan State people may be at the game hopefully,” Cousins said. “All of my friends growing up in Michigan were Lions fans and followed the team closely. That was the team growing up around my hometown. There should be a lot of familiar faces there in the stands on Sunday.”

Cousins has never played against the Lions before, but he knows all about Ford Field.

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“The big thing for me was that the high school state championship was played at Ford Field. And so we always talked as high school football players and as kids, playing at Ford Field in high school,” he recalled Wednesday. “Never even considered being able to do it as a professional player. Didn’t even come close to playing there in high school — we lost in the first round — but to get to go back and play there now as a professional is a pretty cool experience. I did play there one time in college. We actually played [former Redskins running back] Alfred Morris and Florida Atlantic at Ford Field, so I have only played there one other time before.”

Cousins and the Redskins are coming off of their best all-around performance of the season, having racked up 493 yards on offense against the Eagles while the defense held Philadelphia out of the end zone. Washington improved to 4-2, winning its fourth straight game. Through six games, Cousins ranks sixth in the NFL, with 283 passing yards per game, and 10th in touchdown passes (10).

Cousins and company will try to stay hot this week and improve further.

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