“Well, if Romo’s healthy, he’s four,” Casserly said of Cousins’s place in the NFC East QB pecking order during an interview with 106.7 The Fan’s Sports Junkies on Wednesday. “But those three guys are pretty darn good now the way they play. Eli has thrown something like 66 touchdown passes in two years. You’ve got to look at who they’re playing with. The Redskins have the best set of receivers in this division. The Giants had one receiver last year — Odell Beckham [Jr.] — and then Shane Vereen out of the backfield. The Cowboys really have got one receiver. And [Jason] Witten’s a smart guy; he can’t beat anybody in coverage anymore, but he’s smart, he knows how to sit down in zones, and you’ve got Dez Bryant. Philly has no outside speed receivers, [Darren] Sproles out of the backfield. Now switch it around and give Manning, Romo and Bradford the Redskins’ receivers, and then give the Redskins one receiver. So you’ve gotta look at that point there. But Cousins, Kirk played well now, he really did. So it’s not like you’re sitting there saying, okay, he’s fourth. Well, fourth is still pretty good because these other three guys played well last year. Well, Romo didn’t, we know that, but he can.”

Bradford completed 65 percent of his passes for 3,725 yards, 19 touchdowns and 14 interceptions in 14 games for the Eagles last season. Cousins threw for 4,166 yards, 29 touchdowns and 11 interceptions, and completed an NFL-best 70 percent of his passes.

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“Cousins played more better games over the course of the season, but Bradford really played well,” Casserly said. “Down the stretch, Kirk played as well as anybody. But I’m talking about the whole season. When you say how [would] you rank them, I’ve got to rank their body of work. If I’m picking them, if we gotta go pick somebody to go play.”

The Eagles re-signed Bradford to a two-year, $36 million deal during the offseason and are committed to starting him, even after trading up to draft North Dakota State quarterback Carson Wentz with the second overall pick. Casserly said that he would pick Bradford as his quarterback over Cousins if he were starting a team today, despite the former’s injury history. Bradford missed the second half of the 2013 season with a torn anterior cruciate ligament. He re-injured the same knee in preseason the following year and missed the entire 2014 season.

“I know he’s been hurt and everything, but I’ve seen enough of him to know what he’s like,” Casserly said.

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While he likes Bradford, Casserly considers the Eagles a “middle-of-the-road team” and said the Giants will be the Redskins’ “biggest threat” in the division.

“I think the Redskins, I think they improved the secondary at the expense of improving the defensive line,” Casserly said. “They probably couldn’t do both; they certainly did one. They’re counting on the young offensive linemen taking another step and obviously the running game coming along. And Cousins, that’ll be the discussion all year long. Is he playing at the high level he played at last year when he was good, or is he playing at the level he played at when he wasn’t good? So they’re gonna be there in December contending.”