“It kind of worked out, being that Kirk ended up getting the starting job and being that right now I’m the starting slot [receiver],” Crowder said on ESPN 980’s “DMV Game Time with Nick Ashooh and Tim Murray” last week.

Crowder, who said he feels more comfortable as he prepares for his second season, has noticed a change in Cousins this offseason as well.

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“You can definitely tell he’s confident,” said Crowder, who hooked up with Cousins for a 40-yard touchdown Wednesday. “He just seems like he’s in his comfort zone. . . . He’s a lot more talkative. He’s kind of a little bit more loud. He’s got a lot of energy, as opposed to last year where I guess that debate was still kind of up in the air, who was going to be the quarterback.”

After the Redskins selected Josh Doctson in the first round of the NFL draft, NFL Network analyst Charley Casserly said the TCU rookie receiver, plus DeSean Jackson, Pierre Garcon and tight end Jordan Reed, gives Washington the best pass-catching foursome in the league. Crowder, whose name could be swapped with Doctson’s in that debate, was asked whether he and his fellow Redskins receivers believe they’re among the NFL’s best.

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“Yeah, yeah, we do,” Crowder said on ESPN 980. “We think that, you know, we’re the best in the league. Knowing that we’ve got guys like [DeSean Jackson], Pierre Garcon, like you said, Jordan Reed, he had a great season last year. We even added Vernon Davis at the tight end, but he’s still another weapon that can really help us out in the passing game, and Niles Paul and myself, so we feel like we have a really talented group of receivers. We just have to go out there every day at practice and work on our game — it starts on the practice field — and make sure we’re on the same page with Kirk or Colt [McCoy] or whoever is playing quarterback, so we’ll be ready when the season comes around. The coaches know that we have a really talented group, we know that we have a really talented group, and I really can’t wait to get out there and show the world how talented we are.”

Crowder said that last year’s late playoff push gave the entire team confidence heading into 2016.