Schedule
PLAYOFF PICTURE
If the season ended today
1. New York Giants (6-1)
NFC East crown, home field advantage, first round bye
2. Carolina Panthers (6-2)
NFC South crown, first round bye
3. Arizona Cardinals (4-3)
NFC West crown, wild card game
4. Chicago Bears (4-3)
NFC North crown, wild card game
5. Washington Redskins (6-2)
2nd place NFC East, wild card birth
6. Dallas Cowboys (5-3)
3nd place NFC East, wild card birth
First Round Byes
| New York Giants (6-1) and Carolina Panthers (6-2) |   |
Wild Card Game 1
| Washington Redskins (6-2) at Chicago Bears (4-3) |   |
Wild Card Game 2
| Dallas Cowboys (5-3) at Arizona Cardinals (4-3) |   |
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REDSKINS SCHEDULE
| 9/4 | at Giants |
L, 7-16 | 0-1 | |
| 9/14 |  Saints |
W, 29-24 | 1-1 | |
| 9/21 | Cardinals |
W, 24-17 | 2-1 | |
| 9/28 | at Cowboys |
W, 26-24 | 3-1 | |
| 10/5 |  at Eagles |
W, 23-17 | 4-1 | |
| 10/12 |  Rams |
L, 17-19 | 4-2 | |
| 10/19 |  Browns |
W, 14-11 | 5-2 | |
| 10/26 |  at Lions |
W, 25-17 | 6-2 | |
| 11/3 |  Steelers |
8:30pm ET | ESPN | |
| 11/16 | Cowboys |
8:15pm ET | NBC | |
| 11/23 |  at Seahawks |
4:15pm ET | FOX | |
| 11/30 | Giants |
1pm ET | FOX | |
| 12/7 |  at Ravens |
1pm ET | FOX | |
| 12/14 |  at Bengals |
1pm ET | FOX | |
| 12/21 | Eagles |
1pm ET | FOX | |
| 12/28 |  at 49ers |
4:15pm ET | FOX |
NFC EAST STANDINGS
| Giants |
6-1 |
| Redskins |
6-2 |
| Cowboys |
5-3 |
| Eagles |
4-3 |
NFC EAST SCHEDULE COMPARISON
| Dallas | NY Giants | Philadelphia | ||||
| 1 | at Cleveland | W, 28-10 | Washington | W, 16-7 | St. Louis | W, 38-3 |
| 2 | Philadelphia | W, 41-37 | at St. Louis | W, 41-13 | at Dallas | L, 37-41 |
| 3 | at Green Bay | W, 27-16 | Cincinatti | W, 26-23 | Pittsburgh | W, 15-6 |
| 4 | Washington | L, 24-26 | BYE | at Chicago | L, 20-24 | |
| 5 | Cincinatti | W, 31-22 | Seattle | W, 44-6 | Washington | L, 17-23 |
| 6 | at Arizona | L, 24-30 | at Cleveland | L, 14-35 | at San Francisco | W, 40-26 |
| 7 | at St. Louis | L, 14-34 | San Francisco | W, 29-17 | BYE | |
| 8 | Tampa bay | W, 13-9 | at Pittsburgh | W, 21-14 | Atlanta | W, 27-14 |
| 9 | at NY Giants | Dallas | at Seattle | |||
| 10 | BYE | at Philadelphia | NY Giants | |||
| 11 | at Washington | Baltimore | at Cincinatti | |||
| 12 | San Francisco | at Arizona | at Baltimore | |||
| 13 | Seattle | at Washington | Arizona | |||
| 14 | at Pittsburgh | Philadelphia | at NY Giants | |||
| 15 | NY Giants | at Dallas | Cleveland | |||
| 16 | Baltimore | Carolina | at Washington | |||
| 17 | at Philadelphia | at Minnesota | Dallas |