WASHINGTON –– If you’re looking for a way to rationalize how the 4-5 Washington Redskins could possibly beat the 9-0 Carolina Panthers, on the road in a hostile environment, here it is.

On Wednesday, Eric Bickel of The Sports Junkies picked through Carolina’s schedule discrediting almost every single win.

“Their first win was against Jacksonville, they’re terrible,” Bickel said on 106.7 The Fan. “Houston, terrible; the Saints, with Luke McCown, almost beat ’em; the Buccs, mediocre; Seahawks, struggling this year. It’s not the same Seahawks team, but I still give them credit. That’s at Seattle. I definitely give them credit.

“Beat the Eagles, Eagles are a mess; the Colts were a mess, that was an overtime win; Packers are sliding — I don’t understand that, but they did score 37 against the Packers, so I give them credit. And then, you know, a bad Titans team. There’s like two or three impressive wins.”

(Brian Billick Disagrees)

“I just disrespect them. I just do, Jason, I’m sorry,” he said to co-host Jason Bishop.

“You could look at any team and do that,” Bishop said. “Most of the league is average to below-average.”

“That’s a pretty cupcake schedule that they’ve beefed up their record on,” Bickel said.

“All right, but they beat the Buccs on the road by 14, and the Buccs had you down 24-0 in your building,” Bishop said. “The Eagles, they pretty much dominated that game if you watched it.”

“I’m not saying we’re very good,” Bickel said. “I don’t think we’re a playoff team. I think we’re a bad team, but I think we can beat the Panthers! I don’t know why. I didn’t think we could beat the Saints, and I knew we couldn’t beat the Patriots. I knew that.”

“I think you’re sleeping on the whole home-road thing,” John-Paul Flaim said (Washington is 0-4 on the road in 2015, while the Panthers, of course, are 5-0 at home).

“I sleep on that. I do sleep on that,” Bickel agreed. “It’s the same game — doesn’t make any sense to me.”

“I know it doesn’t make sense,” Flaim said. “But the reality is Jay Gruden is 1-11 as the head coach of the Redskins on the road. Kirk Cousins’ quarterback rating is in the sixties on the road.”

The Panthers opened as 7.5-point favorites against Washington, by OddsShark and Bovada. OddsShark has since moved the line, favoring Carolina by 8.5 points. The sportsbook at Caesars Palace only favors Carolina by 7.

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