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Redskins: 3 possible outcomes for the remainder of the season

By Jacob Camenker

LANDOVER, MD - AUGUST 26: Washington Redskins team owner Daniel Snyder is seen with head coach Jay Gruden before the game between the Washington Redskins and the Buffalo Bills at FedExField on August 26, 2016 in Landover, Maryland. The Redskins defeated the Bills 21-16. (Photo by Larry French/Getty Images)
LANDOVER, MD - AUGUST 26: Washington Redskins team owner Daniel Snyder is seen with head coach Jay Gruden before the game between the Washington Redskins and the Buffalo Bills at FedExField on August 26, 2016 in Landover, Maryland. The Redskins defeated the Bills 21-16. (Photo by Larry French/Getty Images) /
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LANDOVER, MD – DECEMBER 09: Head coach Jay Gruden of the Washington Redskins walks onto the field before playing against the New York Giants at FedExField on December 9, 2018 in Landover, Maryland. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images)
LANDOVER, MD – DECEMBER 09: Head coach Jay Gruden of the Washington Redskins walks onto the field before playing against the New York Giants at FedExField on December 9, 2018 in Landover, Maryland. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images) /

Redskins miss the playoffs

This remains the most likely possibility. The Redskins are still on the outside looking in for the playoffs. They trail the Cowboys by a game in the NFC East, and they’re a half game back of the Vikings in the Wild Card race. While a couple of wins could get the ‘Skins into the playoffs, they don’t control their own destiny. And frankly, asking for a couple of wins out of this group could be difficult.

The Redskins remaining games are against the Titans and Eagles. The Titans have played well this season, and they just successfully shut out the Giants. While they don’t necessarily have a great offense, Derrick Henry has been on fire as of late and has allowed them to run a ball dominant offensive attack. That will be hard for the Redskins to beat, especially since the weakness of the Titans is their pass defense, and Josh Johnson may have trouble taking advantage of them.

The second game, against the Eagles, will be a home contest. The Eagles have been beaten up as of late, and Nick Foles appears to be their starter at quarterback for the rest of the season. That said, they are still a divisional rival and will look to do their best in what has amounted to a lost season for the reigning Super Bowl champions.

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The margin of error for the Redskins is razor thin. They essentially need to win both games and get help to get in. That’s a tall order to fill for a team with at least 19 players on IR that is on their fourth different starting quarterback. While Johnson showed well against the Jaguars and helped to spark them, he is prone to mistakes and bouts of inaccuracy. Just one of those could be enough to sink the ship on the season.

If the ‘Skins don’t make the playoffs, that would make a coaching change more likely. It wouldn’t guarantee that Gruden would be gone, but if the effort and energy sinks moving forward, that could be enough to make Dan Snyder go in a different direction. Even if it doesn’t, there will still be some questions regarding the staff, and at the very least, the staff supporting Gruden, namely defensive coordinator Greg Manusky, would be thoroughly evaluated and some changes could be made there.

No matter what, without a playoff appearance, changes will be made to the coaching staff and front office. And as mentioned earlier, even with one, there still may be changes.

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We don’t yet know what will happen in the final two weeks of the season for the Redskins. But what we do know is playoff seeding, draft positioning, and job security will all be determined in the coming weeks. And that will be very intriguing to watch for the Redskins faithful.

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