Did Jay Gruden prefer Kirk Cousins to RG3 all along?

Back in August, before Robert Griffin III's season started -- and perhaps ended, though reports indicate Monday optimism for his recovery from a dislocated ankle -- there was open speculation as to whether Kirk Cousins might be better suited for Jay Gruden's offense.
Apparently, Gruden believed that. Mike Wise of the Washington Post reported as much Sunday night after Cousins replaced an injured Griffin and led the Redskins to an emphatic 41-10 pounding of the Jaguars.
"The dirty little secret in Ashburn is that Coach Jay Gruden actually thought Kirk Cousins was better suited to his offense, that Robert Griffin III wasn't getting it and there was no way to delicately make a change at any point this season without causing major problems throughout the organization," Wise wrote Sunday.
This is logical (and we covered it in the latest EOF podcast, listen above/left and subscribe via iTunes here). Benching Griffin before the season began for Cousins would result in mass hysteria in Washington and amount to full-blown, preseason Shanahanigans.
Wise says he almost didn't write the Sunday column because it "felt like piling on" RG3 after the injury. But then he walked into "a very jubilant scene" in the locker room, which makes sense given the win but less sense given the injury to the Redskins star(ting) quarterback.
Read between the lines (or just in the lines) from Gruden after the game and you get the sense he's far from sweating the way things unfolded with respect to his quarterback situation.
"Kirk is a true pro," Gruden said after the game. "He's handled being a backup like a pro, he's waited patiently, and now his time is going to come to really take this thing and run with it."
Gruden then emphasized the team "can win any game" with Cousins and feels he's "very much suited for what we do."
"Kirk is a special guy. He started four games last year and didn't have great success, but obviously has a skill set that I feel like is very much suited for what we do," Gruden said. "He can handle it mentally, and obviously, physically.
"I feel that he can make every throw in the book and we are going to move forward with Kirk."