Niner Outlaw
Stay out of my territory.
I have to go with Dallas winning the division with Washington a close second b/c with Dak, Dallas will have the best QB in the division and their defense can only get better from last year (it has nowhere to go but up).Here is my issue with Washington. They beat the Eagles twice, Dallas twice, Bengals, Niners, Steelers. Niners had a backup QB and generally most injured team in the NFL. I think Burrow got injured in the game against Washington. The game against the Steelers was kind of a miracle win for Washington with a lot of clutch plays. That second game the Eagles intentionally tanked. Dallas had Dalton. None of this translates into next year imo.
I'll admit that Rivera has done a lot of good on the Skins defense (and they've got a good future as long as Snyder stays out of the way), but you make great points about many of their "big" wins and their season as a whole. In their game against SF, the Niners were missing a third of their starters including their starting QB, All Pro TE, Center, RG, SS, and their 2 best pass rushers.
Sure Washington won the division in 2020, but the NFCE was historically bad last year, and the Skins still barely won it with a record of 7-9. That's just 1 game ahead of the 6-10 NYG and 6-10 Cowboys. While the Skins had the tiebreaker over Dallas b/c they beat the Cowboys twice, the NYG had the tiebreaker over Washington b/c the NYG beat the Skins twice. So, without the Eagles tanking that game, the NYG would've won the division.