The Facts: Two years of unceasing questions about Cousins' contractual future have been exhausting for everyone. This week, during his season-ending, team-produced television show, HC Jay Gruden pulled back the curtain a bit more. Co-host Chris Cooley pointed out that Cousins has said he's fine playing on one-year deals, but then asked Gruden the key question: "For you as a head coach and as an organization, how soon do you need to know, and how does it impact you year in and year out, being on the one-year deal?" "I think something has to be done," Gruden said bluntly.

Diehards Line: The coach added: “I personally don’t want to go through another one-year deal, and just [keep going] one year, one year. I think you want to have a quarterback in here that’s going to be here. And hopefully that is Kirk, and if not, we have to move on and do what we have to do as an organization. ..." While Cousins has been adamant that every NFL contract is essentially a one-year deal, due to the ease with which NFL teams can cut players, he seemed during an interview last Friday to admit that he would also like a more settled future. This came when Cousins was asked whether he’d be okay playing under a tag for a third straight season. Cousins made it clear on Friday that he’s in no hurry to act and that he sees this process continuing to play out until the March deadline for the team to act. So there will be more — so much more — of this in the coming weeks. But Gruden’s statement might perhaps be a hopeful step toward some sort of resolution.