The NFL playoffs begin on Saturday, starting the final part of the 2018-2019 season. The Washington Redskins will be sitting at home this year for many different reasons (choose your own narrative!). The Redskins finished with a 7-9 record, and missed the playoffs for the 3rd straight season after winning the division in 2015, and going one and done in the postseason.
NFL schedules are set from year to year due to a rotating schedule, and all the teams are known except for two for years in advance.
The scheduling formula implemented in 2002 with realignment guarantees that all teams play each other on a regular, rotating basis.