AP

Kirk Cousins finished Thursday night’s game with 315 passing yards, a number that looks much more impressive than most of what Cousins did on the field in a 32-21 loss to the Giants.

Cousins only led the Redskins to six points in the first three quarters of the game and 119 of his yards came late in the fourth quarter once the Giants were already comfortably in the lead. Cousins also threw interceptions early in each half that allowed the Giants to build and then extend their lead and he missed tight end Jordan Reed in the end zone twice.

It wasn’t a strong game, in other words, but it wasn’t one that led coach Jay Gruden to contemplate making a move to Colt McCoy. Gruden said that “nobody” on the team played or coached well enough to win and stressed the need for better play across the board when asked about the possibility of a quarterback change.

“No. No. Kirk was fine,” Gruden said in his postgame press conference. “Like I said, we’ve got to play better around him. There is no quarterback controversy whatsoever.”

Gruden’s not wrong about the entire team needing to be better than they were in a Thursday night game that was firmly in the Giants’ pocket for the large majority of the night. Should that continue, the questions about a quarterback change won’t go away and Gruden’s answer might change.