For the first time since 2014 there will be an NFL playoff team with a losing record.
The NFC East race comes down to Week 17. Washington is 6-9 and will win the division by beating Philadelphia.
The Dallas Cowboys are also 6-9. To get in, they’ll have to beat the Giants and the Eagles would have to beat Washington.
The Giants are 5-10 but would get into the playoffs with a win over Dallas and a Washington loss.
The last team to win their division with a losing record was the Carolina Panthers in 2014. They won the NFC South at 7-8-1 that year and beat an 11-5 Arizona team at home in the wild-card round before losing to Seattle.
Washington could have clinched the division Sunday but lost to Carolina 20-13.
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