Washington Redskins (+8.5) at San Francisco 49ers
This is dangerous territory for the Washington Redskins. At 3-7 and losers of their last two games against the Vikings and Buccaneers, the Redskins are spiraling out of control. Now, as a follow-up to their thoroughly embarrassing home loss to the previously 1-8 Buccaneers, the Redskins will have to travel to the west coast to face a 49ers team that entered ‘backs against the wall’ mode a few weeks ago.
In ‘salvaging their season,’ the 49ers pulled off an absolute miracle in overtime in New Orleans, followed by a road victory against the Giants in which New York’s Eli Manning threw five interceptions. Wins are wins, but these weren’t exactly the type of dominant performances that propel a team to the playoffs.
Fortunately for the 49ers, they return home to host yet another franchise in disarray when the Redskins come to town. As always worth recognizing, however, a terrible team that appears to look worse each week is due to put it all together at one point. Washington’s defense had been playing better prior to it’s loss against the Buccaneers – no more than 23 points allowed in three straight games, as one of Arizona’s touchdowns was via an interception return – and San Francisco’s offense has yet to crack the 30-point barrier themselves – the 49ers’ only game with 31 points came via their own interception return for a touchdown, ironically in the same week as Arizona’s.
With the Washington Redskins at rock bottom and the 49ers beating poor teams, San Francisco looks like it is getting too much love too quickly. The 49ers win by a field goal, but Washington beats the spread.
