Falcons offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan used to work with Redskins quarterback Kirk Cousins.
While RG III and Colt McCoy had more playing time, Cousins had more passing yards and touchdowns last season, and Shanahan is impressed with what he saw.
Shanahan said that Cousins had a chance to be a "great quarterback some day".
"Kirk's one of the sharper guys I've been around," Shanahan said, per NFL.com. "He processes things so fast. He lets it rip. He's as tough as can be."