Redskins eliminate Bills from playoff contention

His focus was already on the Eagles.

Washington trailed 24-0 in the second quarter, but Cousins charted the comeback with three second-half touchdown passes including the game-winner with 24 seconds left for the 31-30 victory. With a win against the Philadelphia Eagles on Saturday night, Washington will be able to clinch a playoff berth for the second time in four years.

Washington’s next game features a matchup against division rival Philadelphia with enormous playoff implications. Who knows what’s going to happen? “And we can’t walk before we crawl, put it like that”, left tackle Trent Williams said. But we have a job to do before that, and that’s where my focus is, is on right here and right now.

The Redskins were better than OK on Sunday, storming to a 28-3 lead by scoring touchdown on each of their first four full possessions. His efficient 319 yard, 4 TD was his franchise-record sixth 300-yard passing game this season, and his 14th straight game with a TD pass. The last Redskins QB to do that?

The next play the Bills showed some signs of life when McCoy’s replacement, Michael Gillisee ran 60-yards for the touchdown putting the Bills a little closer to the Redskins with the score of 10 – 28 in the third.

“If we don’t get better, the reality of it is this: This is professional”, Ryan said after the loss Sunday.

Jackson agreed, saying: “It was a big play coming out of the half. And we’ve got to take over as players”. “Like myself, I have to step up and speak to the team”. In the receiving end, DeSean Jackson had 153 yards and one touchdown in six receptions while Jordan Reed added 84 yards and two touchdowns in seven receptions. Alfred Morris provided balance by rushing for 84 yards. “A huge, huge turning point”.

It was a bitter defeat for the Bills and Ryan, who were eliminated from playoff contention after losing four of their last five games. “This is the NFL”, Ryan said.

The Redskins, meanwhile, have gone from mistake-prone to explosive thanks to Cousins’ efficiency. “And then when the ball was up in the air, our receivers made him right a lot”, Redskins head coach Jay Gruden said.

Former Clemson cornerback Coty Sensabaugh had five tackles for the Tennessee Titans in their 33-16 loss to the New England Patriots on Sunday, but it was an unsuccessful tackle attempt that put him on the wrong end of a viral video. It’s when we get behind and get in the third-down-and-longs where we become one-dimensional like we were on the road against New England, like we were against the New York Jets in the third and fourth quarter. Forget the money. You’ve got to go out there each week and play for the guy next to you.

I like the Eagles to get the win and cover while remaining in the playoff hunt. For the sake of Bills fans, I was hoping that Rex had learned from the mistakes he made in his first go-around as an National Football League head coach.

Watkins, one of the team’s most productive players as well as being one of the most outspoken, said the organization needs to hold its players to a higher standard and that players who are underperforming need to be cut. “That’s how I see it. And I know we can here”. We control our destiny. Now, the flip side was this: Had they taken care of business and at least stayed in the race beyond Sunday, then they would have had the luxury of those two home games at the end.