The Washington Redskins have a season O/U win total of 7.5 with the over shaded at -115 juice. Of the four NFC East teams, they have the longest odds to win the division ( +455 ). It’s tough to envision Jay Gruden’s squad being NFC contenders when it’s not even being taken seriously as a division contender. Red caution flags are abound heading into the regular season with the way the team disappointingly closed last year out along with the surprising dismissal of general manager Scott McCloughan and inability to sign Kirk Cousins to a long term deal.
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Arizona Cardinals +1953
Atlanta Falcons +470
Carolina Panthers +1375
Chicago Bears +7500
Dallas Cowboys +561
Detroit Lions +2388
Green Bay Packers +492
Los Angeles Rams +6046
Minnesota Vikings +1893
New Orleans Saints +2453
New York Giants +970
Philadelphia Eagles +2084
San Francisco 49ers +9998
Seattle Seahawks +452
Tampa Bay Buccaneers +1522
Washington Redskins +2670
Key Players for Winning the NFC
Kirk Cousins – Lost in the drama of the Redskins inability to ink Cousins to a multi-year contract this past offseason is the fact that Washington’s QB1 has been one of the best passing field generals in the league the last couple seasons. He came up just short of becoming the sixth quarterback in NFL history to throw for 5,000-yards last season by throwing for 4,917 yards and a 25:12 TD/INT ratio. That makes it 9,083 passing yards and a 54:23 TD/INT ratio the last two seasons. If the Redskins are to continue ignoring their ground attack and marching out one of the league’s top-five passing attacks, Cousins is going to have to have another banner season. If he does, the Skins will be a player in the NFC and he’ll no doubt ink a huge contract next offseason. Whether it’s with Washington remains to be seen.
Terrelle Pryor – I mention Pryor here simply because he’s the new kid on the block. You can insert any of Jordan Reed, Jamison Crowder or Josh Doctson in this space and it wouldn’t matter. The quadrant is all interchangeable. Bottom line, 135 receptions and 2,046 receiving yards are no longer on the roster with both Pierre Garcon and DeSean Jackson bolting D.C. for greener pastures. Crowder will once again be the possession receiver, while Reed should flourish in the red zone; should he stay healthy. Doctson has a ton to prove off a lost rookie campaign which leaves Pryor as the one to fill the shoes of Jackson as the offense’s premiere deep threat. He had himself a heck of a campaign a year ago reeling in 77 receptions for 1,007 yards and four touchdowns as the WR1 on a terrible Cleveland offense. Should he pick right back up where he left off, his $6 million price tag could end up being the steal of the off season.
Greg Manusky – As good a team the Redskins were offensively last season, they were just as bad if not worse defensively. Washington gave up just under 378 yards and 24 points per game. The poor output cost Joe Barry his job paving the way for Manusky to call the shots in D.C. after coaching the linebackers last year. The Skins averaged 2.4 sacks per game a year ago, and the new DC vows to have a more aggressive scheme in 2017-18. He loses D-Linemen Chris Baker and Ricky Jean-Francois, but gets a bunch of new toys to utilize to live up to his word. In Zach Brown, the Redskins get a high motor linebacker that tallied the second most tackles in the league last season. Adding some relief to Josh Norman will be safety D.J. Swearinger who comes in from Arizona. Should Bashaud Breeland take the next step, Washington will have the secondary on hand to greatly improve upon the near 260 yards per game it conceded through the air last season.
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