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Maybe it's unnecessary angst but the Philly game feels a bit like a trap.  The Redskins are the hottest team in the NFC and it was their mid-November blowout of the Eagles that started this run.  Philly has lost 9 of 10 and looked at last glance like they had thrown in the season-towel in their 34-13 loss to Cincinnati.  Skins fans have already started the "We Want Dallas" chant and Vegas has upped the Skins to a 7-pt favorite on the news that RG3 will likely play.

Nobody is more familiar with playing so-called late-season meaningless games than the Redskins.  They've played the "spoiler" role for years.  Not always well, but consider this.  Last year, they nearly derailed the Giants' playoff hopes with a December win in the Meadowlands.  They nearly did the same the year before to the Giants in the final game of the year, a game that was must-win for New York.

No matter how little you're playing for, an NFC East team gets up for NFC East games.  And it's this that bothers me more than anything else this Sunday.  The Eagles are done but from their perspective, why not take the Redskins with them.  Andy Reid's teams are 3-1 vs. the NFC East in late December games that don't matter to the Eagles.  And that's the other thing.  Andy Reid.  This is his last home game and if his team decides to win one for the Gipper, they'll probably try to do it this week in Philly.  Add to the "Reid's last home game" spin is the fact that the Eagles have had 11 days off, are getting LeSean McCoy  back, and have a rookie quarterback getting comfortable and playing loose as the season winds down.  Other than everything mentioned above, at Philly looks easy.