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I have a story up now.

We'll get to that just a little bit in a minute about Ron Rivera and just kind of what he thinks about

his future and et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. So that's up on ESPN.com. And don't forget,

you can tune in after the game. I'll be back with a wrap-up of the Commander's Giants game.

And I'm going to get to my keys in a minute and a prediction for that game.

Before I get there, just a couple of things.

Let's go over the injury report first because there's one kind of significant one, and that's

running back Antonio Gibson, who is now on there. He's listed as doubtful with a toe injury.

Now, a couple of days ago, I told you that I thought he was going to play because that was

what I was hearing inside. There was a great deal of optimism. And they,

you know, I know they put in a claim for Michael Carter. I was told that, that it was not necessarily

related to it to Gibson because they anticipated the toe improving throughout the week. It did not.

That's why he's doubtful. And Carter, Carter, they wanted a guy who was a true third down back.

Clearly, there was a connection.

At least there was had to have been some level of concern. But at that point, I think they

definitely thought it would get better and then it didn't. So they're still going to work

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