As a Redskins fan, I should know better than to do this exercise, but I’m going to anyway—after a Week 1 where the Eagles lost and the Cowboys and Giants played a game that was exciting only due to shared mediocrity, is there any hope of the ‘Skins stepping up and being a sleeper in […]
The division races in the NFC East & NFC West had seemed set in stone for a few weeks. The New York Giants and San Francisco 49ers would win, and the only question was whether either of them would get a #2 playoff seed and first-round bye, or perhaps chase down the Atlanta Falcons for homefield advantage. After road losses in Week 13, both divisions are not only back in play, but you can make a good case that the favorites are going to let them slip away.