1. Washington's playoff hopes fade, big picture talk returns Ben Standig 41:08

The Athletic’s Ben Standig returned from Philadelphia to discuss the Washington Football Team’s 27-17 loss to the Eagles with Scott Jackson. Ben opens the show with tiring tales from the road and thoughts on Tuesday’s roller coaster of a day as WFT hoped to have one of its two quarterbacks to clear Covid protocols. Then Scott joins (8:55) to recap the game, Ron Rivera’s Wednesday press conference, Antonio Gibson’s toe issues, Landon Collins, Scott Turner and why Rivera’s raised the WFT’s bar even if posied for another losing record. Ben then closes the episode with the latest roster changes as Cole Holcomb lands on the reserve/covid list (39:20)