washington is the miracle Mets redux….
I’ve talked about this in season success where teams surprisingly perform better due to an air of confidence.
Washington this season has won games in the last minutes…
week 2 at giants. Giants lost their kicker. They held them to just FGs. It was tied 18-18 ( giants 3 TDs, WAS 6 FG). They had 4 th down around WAS 20 with just before 2 min warning Could kick a FG and had to go for it and failed. WAS goes down and kick FG for win
week 3 at Cincy. No punts. Each team drives field on every possession outside of end of half/ game possessions. CIN missed a FG, and failed a 2 pt and Was the difference in the game WAS got 5 TDs and FG, CIN had 4 TDs, 2 FGs
week 8 Chicago Hail Mary game
week 9 WAS 27-21, PIT TDvjust before 2 min warning to Win,
week 10 L to PHL. They were up 10-3 innthe 3rd, Philly put up 23 ( missed PAT) to go up 26-10.
week 12 DAL game— craziest finishes of the year game. 10-9 DAL entering 4 th ( WAS missed PAT) . Mid 4 th DAL gets a FG. ThrnnEAS fumble, DAL gets a TD. WAS TD+2, 20-17 with 3min left. WAS muffs KO thrn returns for TD. WAS drives for FG with 1:40 left . They still have 2 TOS left. Attempted onside fails. They get ball back with 40 sec left. They get a 90 yd TD on first play to be 2 pt behind. Fail on PAT. DAL returns onside kick for TD
Week 15 after bye. Up on NO 20- 13. Saints get a TD on last play, fail 2 pt to win.
week 16 PHL. PHL h kicks FG for lead 30-28 just under 4 to go. Interception give Philly a FG at the 2 min warning. WAS marches the field and gets 1st and goal and spikes ball with 11 seconds. Next pkay TD+2 for win with 6 sec left
week 17 ATL. ATL ties it with around 1:15 left, WAS is 3 and out and punts, ATL miss a 55+ yd FG at buzzer, WAS gets ball to start OT and gets a TD.
week 18 DAL down 3 against Dallas with a little over 3 min left, they drive and get a TD with about 3 sec left
Probabilistically speaking……these are highly unlikely to occur. They lose 2 they are likely out of the playoffs.
don’t be surprised given next seasons schedule difficulty ( facing nfc north, and afc north) that they might take a step back and be an 8 or 9 win team or be a 10W and miss