A morning roundup of what the local and national media have to say about the Washington Redskins on Monday, December 4, 2017.

All reports, rumors and conjecture are a reflection of the media conversation and are not endorsed or confirmed by the Washington Redskins.

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-- NBC Sports Washington's Rich Tandler writes that the Redskins' medicore special teams went bad in Dallas.

-- Tandler also looks at whether the franchise tag is the right movewith Kirk Cousins.

-- NBC Sports' J.P. Finlay writes that effort was not the issue against the Cowboys.

-- Finaly also looks at the best options in regards to the Cousins contract situation.

-- ESPN's John Keim looks at the Redskins' extremely thin chance at making the playoffs.

-- Keim also writes that even with the decreased playoff chances, the Redskins still have plenty to play for.

-- *The Washington Times' *Matthew Paras writes that the Redskins special teams unit has been failing to make big plays. 

-- *The Washington Post's *Liz Clarke writes that this year's late-season poor peformance came four weeks early, but delivered the same result. 

-- **The Post's *Master Tesfatsion writes that that the Redskins will evaluate whether to shut down Trent Williams and Jordan Reed for the rest of the season. 

-- The Post's *Dan Steinberg writes that Cousins didn't fire back at his critics after Thursday's loss.
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