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Maybe this is just me overanalyzing Gruden's words, or reading too much into what's going on, but does anyone else think it's possible that if McCoy struggles against Dallas that Gruden will pull him for Cousins at some point? I know everyone universally doesn't ever want to see Cousins on the field again based off of his turnover rate. But if Dallas has game planned for McCoy, this is usually when Cousins thrives (against Cleveland, and the Jags for example). And if the game is still close at some point, but our offense isn't putting up points, inserting Cousins could help boost his confidence back up again. Gruden said that Cousins was going to get his reps and be prepared "if need be" or something along those lines, which is why I thought he was leaving the possibility open of doing a switch like he did against the Titans.

It's probably not going to happen, but I just thought about it on the drive to work this morning.

If McCoy is sucking v. Dallas, then Gruden absolutely should pull him and bring Cousins in.

At this point, I don't think either of these guys is some long term prospect that needs to be groomed and developed. They're out there to win football games now or get out of the way.