At first glance, Sunday afternoon’s game at MetLife Stadium has the potential to get ugly. A divisional leader will take the field, but it certainly won’t be the New York Giants, a 1-6 team that hasn’t held a share of first place since Week 3 of the 2016 season. Instead, the first-place Washington Redskins (4-2) come to town riding high, fresh off one of the biggest victories in recent franchise memory.
Washington, currently a game and a half up on their non-Giants brethren in the East, has a prime opportunity to extend their lead further with the Dallas Cowboys on a bye and the Philadelphia Eagles facing a challenge from the Jacksonville Jaguars in London.