ESPN's Marc Raimondi went on to say that Cousins was limited on the Week 11 injury report against the Broncos with the injuries. Cousins told local reporters following that game that it was just a "clerical error" and he was 100% healthy.

Before his likely imminent trade or release in March, Kirk Cousins wants NFL teams to know that there was a reason for his poor play before being benched by the Atlanta Falcons, and it wasn't the torn Achilles injury that he suffered in 2023.