India, Oct. 19 -- The Washington Commanders face the unbeaten San Francisco 49ers on Monday Night Football at Levi's Stadium, carrying the burden of their division.

A defeat in Santa Clara would condemn the NFC East to an embarrassing piece of NFL history.

ESPN insider Adam Schefter revealed that a Commanders loss would make the NFC East the first division in league history to go winless across consecutive weeks with every team playing.

Washington represents the division's final opportunity to prevent back-to-back weekly collapses.

If the Commanders lose tonight on Monday Night Football to the 49ers, the NFC East would become the first division in NFL history to be winless in consecutive weeks in which all teams in the division played...