Yule like that: Kirk Cousins' wife surprised him with Christmas suit
It’s the holidays, time for Ugly Sweaters and the like to take center stage, and Washington Redskins quarterback Kirk Cousins did his part to celebrate the season. After the Redskins’ 41-21 dismantling of the Chicago Bears, Cousins showed up at the postgame interview podium that looked like the offspring of Cam Newton’s wardrobe and a Christmas tree:
As it turned out, Cousins wasn’t planning to wear something so outlandish; his wife pulled a fast one on him and packed the suit without him knowing. “The story is that my wife always packs my suit and I just grab the bag when I come home and don’t even look at it. I opened it up just now and saw this,” Cousins said, according to CSN Washington. “It comes with pants and a matching tie, but I thought that was overkill.”
After the press conference, Cousins donned the pants, and they looked darn festive:
Cousins went with the tie and pants after his presser. #Redskins pic.twitter.com/bmJpiDfL1K
— Rich Tandler (@Rich_TandlerCSN) December 24, 2016
“We won and it’s Christmas Eve. I thought, ‘Why not?’ And more importantly [Redskins VP of Communications] Tony Wyllie OK’d it.” (Wyllie has a unique way of enforcing his will on Redskins players, and the media that try to interview them.)
Washington is still very much in the hunt for a playoff spot, which would be a welcome present indeed … as long as Cousins’ wife doesn’t pack a New Year’s Baby diaper for him to wear next week.
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Jay Busbee is a writer for Yahoo Sports and the author of EARNHARDT NATION, on sale now at Amazon or wherever books are sold. Contact him at jay.busbee@yahoo.com or find him on Twitter or on Facebook.