Last week, we saw what a win meant to the Washington Redskins, when they narrowly defeated the Detroit Lions at home, by a score of 19-16. The win was, to be blunt, ugly, as Redskins fans have become accustomed to watching, and there were plenty of things to fix. But the team needed the morale boost, and the young players responded positively to the notion that their hard work was finally paying off.
This week, the Redskins will aim to string together two straight wins, but they’ll have a tough test in the Carolina Panthers. The Panthers, 5-6 through eleven games, are an incredibly volatile team, but they have some of the game’s top talents on both sides of the ball in Christian McCaffrey and Luke Kuechly.