Here is what you need to know on this Tuesday, December 13, six days before the Washington Redskins host the Carolina Panthers.

Timeline

—Today's schedule: No media availability

—Days until: Panthers @ Redskins 6; Redskins @ Bears Christmas Eve 11; Giants @ Redskins, New Year’s Day 19

Injuries of note:

LB Compton (PCL sprain), LB Cravens (muscle flexor), RB Brown (concussion)

Latest injury report

Last look at Redskins vs Eagles

A good (not great) quality win—I’m getting a laugh out of fans who think that a five-point road win in the division is somehow inadequate. The Redskins were favored by just a point and the people who set those lines don’t draw them out of a hat. Washington is better, but not by that much. It’s not a huge win over another playoff contender but it shouldn’t be taken for granted, either. The Redskins aren’t good enough for that yet.

Working part time: The Redskins ran just 48 offensive plays against the Eagles. According to Pro Football Focus that is the fewest snaps they have had in a game since at least 2006 (that’s as far back as their records go). For perspective, the NFL average this year is about 64 snaps per team per game. Considering that, it is somewhat remarkable that they managed 334 yards of offense and scored four touchdowns. Kirk Cousins was the model of efficiency with just 14 pass completions good for 234 yards (16.7 yards/completion) I’m not sure if it’s a formula for success that they can replicate but every once in a while it comes in handy.

The Everett hit: Deshazor Everett will almost certainly get fined for his hit on Darrel Sproles. I doubt that a suspension will be coming. To paraphrase my friend @BurgundyBlog from Twitter, it certainly was a reckless play by Everett. He was out of control. But it was flat out stupid of Sproles not to call for a fair catch. The Eagles fans and media who want Everett to be banned or put in jail need to get a grip.

Should Thompson have taken a knee? Fans could have been spared a ton of anxiety if Chris Thompson had taken a knee somewhere inside the five-yard line instead of scoring on his 25-yard run just after the two-minute warning. The Redskins could have run down the clock (the Eagles had just one timeout left) and taken a field goal attempt as time expired. But there was too much risk involved. Thompson mentioned to me Dustin Hopkins’ short miss against the Bengals in London. And other stuff, anything from a fumbled quarterback exchange to a bad snap on the field goal try, could go wrong, too. It was better for Thompson to finish the play and make the Eagles get a touchdown for the win. The fact that they nearly did doesn’t make scoring the TD a bad idea.

Hodgepodge: Jordan Reed played just 10 snaps. It was good for the Redskins to be able to win essentially without him . . . The Eagles put the ball on the ground two other times before Wentz’s final fumble in the last minute. This is what I wrote last week about how they are not recovering fumbles at the same rate they were last year . . . The most underrated offensive play of the game for the Redskins was the 33-yard pass from Cousins to Crowder that got the game-winning drive jump-started. Nice touch on the thrown a difficult catch executed by Crowder, and a good decision to challenge by Gruden. If the incomplete ruling had stood, the Redskins would have been facing third and 10 at their own 23 and who knows what would have happened after that.

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In 2015 the #Redskins did not win a game over a team that finished with a winning record. This year, 4 of their wins are vs. teams over .500 — Rich Tandler (@TandlerNBCS) December 12, 2016

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