During the fourth quarter Sunday as the Seattle Seahawks hosted the Washington Redskins, Kirk Cousins made what’s called a “business decision.”
Lined up in the pistol formation with Rob Kelley to his left, slightly behind him, Cousins received the snap. Except it was an awful snap — high and hard — that bounced off his outstretched hands. With the ball up in the air, Seattle’s fearsome defensive line rushed in and was ready to swallow up Cousins.
The veteran quarterback, signed to a franchise tag, offered up running back Rob Kelley instead.
College offenses making their way into the NFL pic.twitter.com/UXtIDAwuhj
— Steve Palazzolo (@PFF_Steve) November 5, 2017
“No, YOU take it! I’m not taking it.”
Twitter had a field day with this. Cousins wanted no part of that, and he gave up his teammate instead.
Kirk sacrificed Rob Kelley to the football gods pic.twitter.com/It59NVW1eW
— Danny (@recordsANDradio) November 5, 2017
https://twitter.com/CR3WS_wit_Me/status/927320115057778689
.@Chiefs: "Wanna potato sack race again!?"
@Redskins: "Nah, we're actually playing Hot potato." https://t.co/Bu9h4mOPph
— Good Morning Football (@gmfb) November 5, 2017
Kirk Cousins had Rob Kelley taken out. That was no "accident."
— Johnny Kinsley (@Brickwallblitz) November 5, 2017
Rob Kelley probably did not LIKE that, if I had to guess https://t.co/fYnuMVnJQv
— Malay Mody (@modymalay) November 5, 2017
I’ve never respected Kirk Cousins more https://t.co/lb81HRRR6H
— Ryan Rosenblatt (@RyanRosenblatt) November 5, 2017
https://twitter.com/Greg_Andersonn/status/927320049492348929
https://twitter.com/Jrocc23/status/927320189833830400