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Posted: 2015-08-31T19:34:23Z | Updated: 2015-09-01T15:47:37Z

Robert Griffin III has lost Washington's starting quarterback job to Kirk Cousins, according to NFL Network.

Kirk Cousins will be the starter for 2015 ... Its Kirks team, Washington head coach Jay Gruden said on Monday. Adding insult to literal injury , Griffin's face appears on the opening week's game tickets.

RGIII is on the game ticket (1st regular season game vs Dolphins) that he won't be starting in (H/T @dmeslar2) pic.twitter.com/DYkHiZth4h

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RGIII is on the game ticket (1st regular season game vs Dolphins) that he won't be starting in (H/T @dmeslar2 ) pic.twitter.com/DYkHiZth4h

Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) August 31, 2015

ESPN's Adam Schefter reports that Cousins has been named the starter for the entire season, seemingly closing any possibility that the 2012 NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year will regain any prominence within a team that's rearing to move on from Griffin, who cost the team three first-round draft picks to acquire . Griffin currently has one year left on his rookie contract with a $16 million fifth-year option for 2016.

Should Gruden push to trade or release Griffin, team owner Dan Snyder, who has been Griffin's biggest cheerleader within the organization -- perhaps to a detrimental degree -- will not block his head coach's decision , reports the Washington Post. On Sunday, ESPN had reported that coaches and team executives were considering parting ways with Griffin, but Snyder was resisting the idea .

After declaring Cousins as the starter on Monday morning, Gruden spoke on Griffin's future with Washington, telling ESPN, "There have been no discussions about letting him go or doing any of that stuff. The door is not shut on Robert Griffin."

Okay, sure. But whichever way you slice it up, it appears that Washington is finally viewing Griffin for what he is: A sunk cost.