Going into this unusual Monday night game against the Pittsburgh Steelers — one that was rescheduled due to the coronavirus pandemic that has at times turned the NFL world on its head — the Washington Football Team is going to have to put together a near-perfect performance in order to get the job done and come away with an upset.
That’s not to say that they can’t do it; crazy things tend to happen in the NFL. Like the New York Giants going on the road to beat the Seattle Seahawks 17-12 just this week, but a Washington win in Pittsburgh against a team that has been rolling this year would rank among the looniest outcomes of 2020.
In the end, whether Washington wins or loses is hard to predict, but we have a feeling that Ron Rivera and his squad can at least make a game of this. Here are some things that we think will happen along the way: