WHAT’S GOING ON IN WASHINGTON?

INDIANAPOLIS — Numbers and notes spilled out by the second at this year’s NFL Combine in an accelerated news cycle, and after four full days of reporting and scouring Indy, the Daily News is here to wrap it all up. Here is a Top 10 Roundup of important nuggets, observations and insights on some of the main storylines in Indy and also on some lesser-known items, with a distinct Giants and NFC East theme.

Washington tried to change the conversation Saturday night by announcing a two-year contract extension for coach Jay Gruden, but that did nothing to distract from GM Scot McCloughan’s unusual and worrisome absence from the Combine. Washington CBS Radio affiliate 106.7 The Fan actually reported McCloughan had been sent home from the team facility on Feb. 20, and though McCloughan’s 100-year-old grandmother died on Feb. 6, there are concerns. McCloughan was fired as 49ers GM in 2010 and lost a job as a senior executive with the Seahawks in 2014. Then there also is the team’s unbelievable decision to franchise tag quarterback Kirk Cousins for a second straight season, first for $19.9 million in 2016 and now for $23.9 million in 2017. You heard that correctly: Kirk Cousins is poised to make almost $24 million next season, before hitting the market again. “Nothing happened.” However, if he had just gotten into a heated argument with a hospital employe, I don’t see why that would have warranted his ejection from the combine altogether. It might not even affect his draft status, so we’ll see.