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NFL Playoffs: Five reasons Washington Redskins won’t win NFC East

By John Buhler

Nov 29, 2015; Landover, MD, USA; Washington Redskins running back Matt Jones (31) carries the ball past New York Giants middle linebacker Jasper Brinkley (53) in the fourth quarter at FedEx Field. The Redskins won 20-14. Mandatory Credit: Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports
Nov 29, 2015; Landover, MD, USA; Washington Redskins running back Matt Jones (31) carries the ball past New York Giants middle linebacker Jasper Brinkley (53) in the fourth quarter at FedEx Field. The Redskins won 20-14. Mandatory Credit: Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports /
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Nov 29, 2015; Landover, MD, USA; Washington Redskins running back Matt Jones (31) carries the ball past New York Giants middle linebacker Jasper Brinkley (53) in the fourth quarter at FedEx Field. The Redskins won 20-14. Mandatory Credit: Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports
Nov 29, 2015; Landover, MD, USA; Washington Redskins running back Matt Jones (31) carries the ball past New York Giants middle linebacker Jasper Brinkley (53) in the fourth quarter at FedEx Field. The Redskins won 20-14. Mandatory Credit: Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports /

The Washington Redskins sit atop the NFC East with a 5-6 record entering Week 13 of the 2015 NFL season.

Washington is fresh off a 20-14 win over a division rival in the New York Giants and are very much alive in both the NFC East and NFC Wild Card race. They also hold the divisional tiebreaker over the also 5-6 New York Giants. Though both teams split their biennial games, Washington has the slight edge in divisional play over New York. The Redskins are 2-1 in the NFC East, while New York is 2-3.

While the Redskins currently have the lead in the NFC East, they may not be able to hold on to their current standing in the division for several reasons. Though Washington can still make the NFC Playoffs as a Wild Card team, only a game back of the Atlanta Falcons and the Seattle Seahawks who are both at 6-5, the Redskins would certainly prefer to host the NFC’s fifth seed at home in early January.

The NFC East is entering Week 13 the worst of the eight divisions in the NFL, as it is the only division with a leader that is sub-.500. Even the lackluster AFC South has two teams co-leading that division at 6-5 in the Indianapolis Colts and the Houston Texans.

Even though Washington currently leads the NFC East, they only hold the tiebreaker over the New York Giants, are one game better than the 4-7 Philadelphia Eagles, and only two games better than the 3-8 Dallas Cowboys. Technically, all four teams could win the NFC East. That is currently the only division in football that can make that claim entering Week 13.

The Washington Redskins still have three of their final games in the division and here are five reasons they will not win the 2015 NFC East Divisional Title.

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