Week 9 — vs. New York Giants
The NFC East isn’t exactly the strongest division in the NFL, and the fact that the Giants and Redskins are at the bottom of it says a lot. Each year Washington is gifted two games against the Giants, and they still tend to walk away from the series without taking advantage of it. The new regime for the Redskins needs to capitalize on easy games like this and add a check to the win column when they can. Until they manage to do that, there’s no way they’re crawling out of the bottom of the division. The Redskins also play the Giants on the road in Week 12, setting up what could be a great four-game run in the middle of the season. We didn’t predict Washington to sweep New York on the season, but some did, and it’s not out of the question.