December 22, 2020
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Doug Pederson thanks Dwayne Haskins for creaking the door open to win the NFC East.
With two games left to play on the NFL schedule, the Washington Football Team sits atop the NFC East standings, with one-game leads over the Dallas Cowboys and New York Giants, and a 1.5-game lead over the Philadelphia Eagles.
If they beat the Carolina Panthers this Sunday, the Football Team can eliminate the Eagles and Cowboys, and clinch the division outright should Baltimore Ravens beat the double digit underdog Giants. They are currently -260 to win the NFC East according to FanDuel, via TheLines.com.
Seeing as the Football Team has won just three division titles in the last 28 years, they're probably laser-focused in on taking care of business this Sunday, with no distractions, right?
Nope.
The Washington Football Team is aware of social media posts showing QB Dwayne Haskins partying maskless in a strip club, was in contact with the NFL yesterday about the matter and is handling the matter internally, I’m told.
— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) December 22, 2020
Haskins was the Football Team's starter to begin the season, but he was benched in favor of Kyle Allen. When Allen was lost for the season with an injury, the Football Team turned to Alex Smith instead of Haskins. When Smith strained a calf muscle, the team went back to Haskins.
If Haskins cannot play on Sunday because of this COVID breach, and Smith is unable to return from his calf injury, the next quarterback up would be Taylor Heinicke, who started one game for the Panthers in 2018.
So is that it?
Nope.
New @PostSports: The Washington Football Team paid a former female employee $1.6 million in a confidential settlement after she accused Dan Snyder of sexual misconduct on his private plane in 2009. W/ @bethreinhard @lizclarketweet https://t.co/SuLkjKOO35
— Will Hobson (@TheWillHobson) December 22, 2020
Throw another black eye on this franchise's already mountainous pile of black eyes.
Anyway, here are the 11 different scenarios that can play out in the NFC East over the next two weeks, via the great Deniz Selman:
Complete NFC East scenarios going into Week 16. All four teams (@WashingtonNFL, @Giants, @Eagles, @dallascowboys) still alive. @SheilKapadia @ZBerm @Bo_Wulf @JimmyKempski @BleedingGreen @ESPNNFL @pfref pic.twitter.com/xnAWWTgdXw
— Deniz Selman (@denizselman33) December 21, 2020
The Eagles' rivals just refuse to let them die.
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