Raiders HC Klint Kubiak Praises Mike Washington & Kirk Cousins' Leadership

Sat, Aug 8, 2026

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Keep it short because that's the easiest way to put it.

It was great.

Max brought up recently that when the trade was reversed, he, you called him and said that you were gonna take the entire coaching staff out for drinks.

Did that actually happen and, uh, why was that a moment of celebration?

Tomi's in big trouble for the.

We did not go out that night.

We really haven't gone out a bunch as a staff.

We've been grinding.

We probably need to do that more, have some more camaraderie, um, but it's, uh, the message is we were excited and celebrating that we had.

Uh, one of the best pass rushers in the.

Clint, I know you don't want to pat guys on the back too heavy two weeks into camp, but would you talk about Mike Washington who's just every day displays it?

Yeah, we have a, you know, a lot of young guys that are pushing guys for spots and, uh, you know, Mike's a guy that came in and has grown a lot since OTA's extremely coachable young man.

Football is important to him, and that was a big part of, uh, you know, you know, John's criteria for bringing guys in.

The game's got to be important for them to get better because you have to be self-motivated.

So I see a self-motivated young man that knows there's, there's a lot of big football ahead of them and has a long way to go, but a man that's willing to play.

I wrap up.

Yeah, thank you, coach.

A lot of players who've taken up the podium this week have really praised Kirk Cousins' knowledge and years of NFL experience.

What can you say on how Cousins, um, experience has benefited the team so far?

Quarterback has to be the leader of the team, and I see him leading out there.

That's what we brought him here for, to lead and play really good football.

So I've been pleased with him and he knows he can get better.