Redskins' Cousins asking fellow QBs for offseason advice

Washington Redskins quarterback Kirk Cousins is seeking advice from just about anyone who'll give it to him.

The soon-to-be second-year starter is interested in finding out how others deal with a long offseason that can dull a quarterback's skills.

"Basically, I'm trying to figure that out still," Cousins said according to Tarik El-Bashir of CSN Mid-Atlantic. "I feel like I'm still in (that) process. I've called a few of the starting quarterbacks around the league, a few of the retired guys who had great careers, and just asked them what worked for them in the offseason."

Cousins' preparation is what made him successful in 2015, so it's no surprise he's continuing to work on getting better between seasons. In December, he admitted to using a planner to break each day into 15-minute increments on a color-coded spreadsheet.

Now he's asking anyone who's been in his position exactly how they made their way through downtime.

"What was their rhythm in January, February, March?" Cousins said. "When they went back in April, May, June, what’s their rhythm? What’s their rhythm in the summer? How do they handle family? How do they balance travel and opportunities?"

Cousins has incentive to excel in 2016 as he's playing on a one-year franchise tender that will pay him about $20 million but offers no long-term guarantees to be the Redskins' starting quarterback.