The Pick
Turned out I would have been wise to heed my feeling last week about the Lions being the more desperate team, though the Eagles probably would have won if not for Ryan Mathews' fumble.
I think this is a very tough spot for rookie right tackle Halapoulivaati Vaitai to see his first action since the preseason. If the Redskins match defensive end Ryan Kerrigan against him a lot, that could be ugly.
But I choose to think that the second-half Eagles last week were more or less the real Eagles, and that if they don't turn the ball over, they can beat a team that is giving up an average of 5.