{"id":158469,"date":"2021-11-30T09:10:16","date_gmt":"2021-11-30T13:10:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/2021\/11\/30\/third-straight-win-puts-washington-back-in-playoff-mix\/"},"modified":"2025-06-01T23:31:13","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T03:31:13","slug":"third-straight-win-puts-washington-back-in-playoff-mix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/the-hogs.net\/blogs\/2021\/11\/30\/third-straight-win-puts-washington-back-in-playoff-mix\/","title":{"rendered":"Third Straight Win Puts Washington Back In Playoff Mix"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Washington Football Team are back in the playoff hunt after their third consecutive victory. Washington beat the Seattle Seahawks 17-15 in this week&#8217;s Monday Night Football game. In doing so, they moved to 5-6, and into the seventh and final NFC Wild Card Playoff position.<\/p>\n<p>It took a late intercepted two-point conversion from Kendall Fuller and an overturned onside kick to finally get the win. But Washington did it mostly by keeping Russell Wilson off the field.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>T.O.P<\/h2>\n<p>Washington had the ball for an astounding 41:40 of the game&#8217;s 60 minutes. Seattle had the ball for just 18:20. That&#8217;s a 23-minutes-plus difference in time of possession, or the equivalent of a quarter and a half.<\/p>\n<p>The Football Team&#8217;s running game was largely responsible for the <em>ball-hogging<\/em> of course, with Antonio Gibson posting his best numbers of the season with 111 yards rushing on a career high 29 carries. J.D. McKissic also had 43 yards (and two touchdowns) before being carted off the field. The two accounted for more than 40 touches and almost 2\/3 of the team&#8217;s offensive plays.<\/p>\n<p>The other element responsible for the ball control, was a great game from the Washington defense. They held Wilson in check for almost the entire game, though he did make some plays late. A constant struggle this year for the WFT defense has been third downs, but on Monday Night, Washington held Seattle to converting just 1\/3 of them. Furthermore, they forced three-and-outs from the Seahawks on <strong>five<\/strong> consecutive drives.<\/p>\n<p>Taylor Heinicke helped things along with a steady hand. He finished 27-of-35 for 223 yards, and he continues to gain chemistry with the rest of the offense.<\/p>\n<h2>Playoff Hunt<\/h2>\n<p>Washington entered the weekend in twelfth spot in the playoff hunt. To move up into seventh required just about everything going right on the schedule for them. And it did.<\/p>\n<p>Now that they are there, they can set their sights on trying to win the division. That&#8217;s not that far-fetched. If Dallas lose this week and Washington secure their fourth straight victory, they will play each other in Week 14 and the victor would be leading the NFC East.<\/p>\n<p>Washington will face the Las Vegas Raiders in Week 13.<\/p>\n<h2>Tweet, Tweet<\/h2>\n<p>New Twitter account.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Washington Football Team are back in the playoff hunt after their third consecutive victory. Washington beat the Seattle Seahawks 17-15 in this week&#8217;s Monday Night Football game. In doing so, they moved to 5-6, and into the seventh and final NFC Wild Card Playoff position. 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