Kirk cousins gay teammate

Kirk Cousins, then-backup quarterback for Washington, said he would welcome an openly gay teammate. However, there was also a bunch of anti-gay nonsense that he likely wouldn’t say about. Some thought he was comparing a gay person to a prostitute possessed by demons, or suggesting he would somehow help "fix" a gay teammate by "showing him Jesus" and working to turn him.

The senior defensive lineman, who is considered a mid- to late-round draft pick, announced that he was gay just before the NFL scouting combine. Sam would be the first openly gay player in the. The aforementioned comment came from Cousins’s comments in as he was referring to a gay teammate. “Nobody’s perfect” is what the headline claims the quarterback said, leaning on his.

We are being naive to suggest that there have been no gay players before Michael Sam and most of the retired players have echoed that sentiment. Kirk Cousins was speaking to at a High School.

Washington Redskins backup quarterback Kirk Cousins told NorthPointe High School in Grand Rapids last Friday that if he ever had an openly gay teammate, he would welcome him on the team and try to help him find Christ. Cousins went on to say that although he believes that homosexuality was a sin, he did not see it as greater than other sins that his fellow Redskins might have committed. They're not perfect.

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So I don't say they can't help us win. Nobody's perfect," he said. Not all members of the Washington football team would be comfortable with a gay man on the team, some players anonymously told CBS D. Another player said that despite what his teammates might say to the media, it may not be reflective of their actual sentiments and feelings. It's not like college where you're all in dorms together.

Some guys are married, some have families. The Redskins did not make the playoffs in after winning their division the year before and Shanahan was fired at the end of December. Washington has since named Jay Gruden head coach. Cousins has since been the subject of trade rumors , though he is currently still on Washington's roster. The former University of Missouri senior and Southeastern Conference Defensive Player of the Year publicly announced that he was gay last month.

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