“He’s our quarterback,” Norman told Rich Eisen on Friday when asked what he made of this summer’s negotiations between Cousins and the Redskins. “He’s with the Washington Redskins. He’s the quarterback of our team and of the franchise. He’s the face. He’s going to lead us into battle, and we’re going to sound the battle drums and we’ll go out there and fight. And we’re going to win. Nothing more needs to be taken out of it.”

Norman said he hears the questions about Cousins and the way the Redskins have handled the situation, from fans and pundits alike, and he doesn’t see the point.

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“Like, dude, he is here with us right now,” Norman said. “He is on another franchise tag. He is okay. Like, people, let’s get real. He is okay. And when they do decide to do something, that’s on them and the front office. It’s crazy that we try to run the team from a fan base’s standpoint [rather] than just go out there and see what the team does. Yes, we have passionate fans and they’re very emotional, but the front office is the front office. … You’re a fan for a reason. If you’re in the front office, you’re there for a reason. To root for a team is awesome and great, but to continue to bash the team that you root for and the way we do, it’s kind of like, ‘Wow, that’s crazy.’ At the same time, we’ve got passionate fans and I love them to death and it ain’t nothing but HTTR.”

Norman, who was fined for his imaginary bow-and-arrow celebration last season, told Eisen he’s looking forward to the NFL’s relaxed celebration rules this year.

“You’ve got to have fun in this game to be successful, I feel,” Norman said. “If you don’t, you’re going to [stink]. So I have as much fun as I can, and I embrace it, and I celebrate with the fans and my teammates, and I just want to win, man, and have a good time. I don’t feel like everybody should be pointing at this, pointing at that, and feel, ‘This guy’s disruptive, he don’t care about this or the league.’ That’s not the case. I just want to have fun and give something back to the fans who paid their hard-earned money to be in them seats.”

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Norman has been having fun hanging with soccer stars before training camp. Last week, the Redskins cornerback trained with Paris Saint-Germain before its game against Tottenham in Orlando.

On Monday, Norman met up with his friend Paul Pogba in Washington ahead of Manchester United’s game against Barcelona on Wednesday at FedEx Field.