The final spot in the postseason field has been filled as Washington defeated the Philadelphia Eagles, 20-14, on Sunday Night Football to win the NFC East.
Captained by the uplifting tales of head coach Ron Rivera coaching through cancer and quarterback Alex Smith’s unbelievable comeback, Washington (7-9) is back in the playoffs for the first time since 2015, which was also the last season in which it won the division.
Washington, the NFC No. 4 seed, will host the No. 5 Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the Super Wild Card Round on Saturday night at 8:15 p.m. ET.
The NFC East was a punchline for most of the season and has produced the first sub-.500 playoff team since the Carolina Panthers in 2014 and just the third overall (excluding the 1982 strike-shortened season), per NFL Research. Washington hasn’t won a playoff game since 2005, but the 2014 Panthers and 2010 Seattle Seahawks — the other NFL team to have advanced to the playoffs with a losing record — each won their playoff openers.
It was wild and wacky and went down to the last game of the regular season, but the NFC East has crowned a champion and it’s Washington.
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