Kirk Cousins and Washington’s loss in 2016 was the Rams’ gain

Aug 18, 2014; Landover, MD, USA; Washington Redskins quarterback Kirk Cousins (8) and Redskins offensive coordinator Sean McVay (right) look on from the bench against the Cleveland Browns in the third quarter at FedEx Field. The Redskins won 24-23. Mandatory Credit: Geoff Burke-Imagn Images

Kirk Cousins was on the Kevin Sheenan Show not too long ago where he reportedly expressed and theorized that Washington's loss in their 2016 regular season finale against the New York Giants, directly led to Sean McVay being available for interview and eventual hire by the Los Angeles Rams.

Cousins admits to lamenting that specific loss against the Giants because that defeat caused the end of Washington's season, and in a way, wound up leading to Sean McVay's hiring by L.A.

Had Washington found a way to win against the Giants in that regular season finale, they'd have made the playoffs and who knows? Perhaps McVay wouldn't have been able to interview as quickly as he did with the Rams.

Said Cousins,

I regret losing that game; I gave Sean the chance to go interview in LA, and the rest is history."

To be fair to Cousins, the team lost to New York, not just Cousins, and McVay was a part of that loss too. However, to Cousins's point, had Washington made the postseason, who knows how far they'd have gotten? Who knows if the Rams would've gone in another direction during their head coach search?

It's all a big what-if?", but the circumstances that led to the Rams and Les Snead's gamble" on McVay will forever be reviewed and discussed as McVay's hire is perhaps the greatest head coaching hire in the history of the Rams, and one of the best recent hires in sports.

As Cousins put it himself, McVay did end up interviewing with L.A. after that Washington loss, and the rest is history."