Max Crosby may have intentionally started a fight to get Kirk Cousins kicked out of practice so Fernando Mendoza could get reps
Conspiracy theory... Max Crosby deliberately started the fight to get both himself and Kirk Cousins knocked out of practice for a day so Fernando Mendoza could come in and get the first team reps and have an opportunity to prove that the number one overall pick in the draft should be able to beat out a 37-year-old quarterback... Crosby did it on purpose to get Mendoza more first team reps.
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