After brutal month, Redskins somehow 'are still in this thing'

ASHBURN, Va. -- In the past month, the Washington Redskins:

Lost their top two quarterbacks and replaced them with two who’d been on the street.

Claimed Reuben Foster after his arrest and release, leading to a week’s worth of attention.

Had players pop off with criticism more than once.

Were distracted by controversial messages on a starting linebacker’s Instagram account.

Lost four consecutive games.

Somehow, though, all that hasn’t sunk them. So here they are, still alive in the NFC playoff race with two games left.

“You would think we’d be out of the whole thing the way everything’s been going, week in and week out,” cornerback Josh Norman said. “Oh my gosh, this is like a circus. But at the…