The Washington Football team, with a 6-8 record, is on the verge of winning the NFC East division title. The stars are aligning. After a hard-fought loss to Seattle Sunday, Washington has Carolina and Philadelphia left to finish the season and win its first division title since 2015.
No one should be holding a parade for a team that might win its division with a losing record, or, at best, a .500 mark. But such titles have been difficult to come by under owner Dan Snyder’s tenure — just three in 21 years, and one of them, in 1999, he basically inherited in his first year of ownership from John Kent Cooke.