Raiders' Kirk Cousins gets a boost after being benched against Patriots

Raiders' Kirk Cousins gets a boost after being benched against Patriots originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . It can't feel good to be a veteran quarterback in the NFL and get benched, only able to watch the action on the field from the sidelines, knowing your team isn't' having you be part of the action. Of course, being benched is more complicated than that, and when the Las Vegas Raiders benched Kirk Cousins last weekend during the team's game against the New England Patriots , there was…