Hogs Haven contributor and resident playoff possibility guru provided the one loss scenarios we'd need to sneak into the postseason:

In other words, the game to watch this weekend is obviously the Redskins @ Vikings. But even if we do beat the Vikings, and the Cowboys, no easy task yet to be completed, we still need some help from the New Orleans Saints. It pains me to do so for two reasons explained below, but root against the Saints this weekend. That means my dude Drew Brees needs to bomb or lose in spite of playing well (I'll take what I can get) and also that Redskins fans should also be cheering for the Eagles. Unfamiliar territory, I know.

Should the Saints best the Eagles that means we're rooting for Adam Archuleta's Chicago Bears to save our day, assuming victory over the Vikings, and you never want to pin your hopes on the defensive prowess of Adam Archuleta. We learned that the hard way.

I might be wrong on this, but there is a possibility that we sneak into the playoffs even if the Saints win out. That would include us beating the Vikings and Cowboys (and finishing 9-7) and the Giants losing out, because I believe we'd carry a tie breaker over them if we all finish 9-7. So, the scenario is the Saints, Redskins, Giants, and Vikings all go 9-7. Wildcards would be, I believe, the Saints and the Redskins since we'd have at tie breaker over the Giants and the Vikings (in head to head). Since the Giants close out the season against the unbeatable Patriots, what you'd really be rooting for is them to lose to the Buffalo Bills at their house this Sunday. That game will be played in lovely upstate New York, which is quite pleasent this time of year: Sunday Forecast is "Very Poor", a rating which was designed to encompass conditions almost exclusively in places like upstate New York. Rain and wind are definite with a delicious high of 47 degrees, low of 25. But I'm sure that won't impact the game at all. Question to reader(s), especially zknower, if the Giants lose out can we still make the postseason even sans a Saints loss?

Other games to watch might be Dallas at Carolina and Green Bay at Chicago since the Cowboys securing homefield advantage with a win (and a Green Bay loss) might go a long way towards making them considerably more beatable when we they finish their season at Fed Ex. Then again, that's speculative enough and contrary to my Redskins fan nature to ignore for the moment. I think we can beat the Cowboys straight up at home whether they're playing at 100% or not, thanks to The Simpson.

Games to watch: Redskins at Vikings, Giants at Bills, Eagles at Saints.