Welcome back to a burgundy and gold game day here on 106-7, The Fan. It's time to head out to the Rude Guest Hotline, Rude, the most reliable heating and air-conditioning products. In the DMV, we say good morning to Pete Priscoe, senior NFL columnist for CBS Sports. It's been a while since we've talked to him. Good morning, Pete. How are you? What's up, guys? How are you? We're doing well.

We are looking forward to the game in less than It's been a while since we've talked to him. Good morning, Pete. How are you? What's up, guys?

How are you?

We're doing well.

We are looking forward to the game in less than 12 hours now.

It's a big one in the NFC is the commanders travel to Lambo.

Both teams want to know.

Both teams impressive in week one.

I would say that the commander's offense could have looked a bit crisper, but their defense was awesome against the Giants. Part of that's the Giants, and they're not very good. How do you handicap this game tonight in Lambo? It's going to be a tough game for the commanders. I think any time you head out on the road on a Thursday, particularly in that kind of environment, it's tough to do. It's a real challenge for them. I mean, and the same would be true if you flipped it over, and the Packers had to go play, you know, in Washington. So I think it's definitely tougher on Washington, but we saw a lot of good things from that defense last week. And again, you mentioned it.

The Giants are terrible on offense. Russell Wilson stinks, and the offensive line's really bad.

But I thought there was some steps in the right direction for that defense for Washington.

How are they going to stop Micah? Micah just looked like he was on a mission last week. I know he was only in for about 30 plays.

And he was on a mission and last time he played us. only in for about 30 plays. And he was on a mission

and last time he played us. Yeah. And we had to pull Jaden after the first half. How do they stop him? Run at him. I mean, that's the thing. He got to run the ball. And you know, you can neutralize him and his effectiveness in the passing game by running at him. And he doesn't, you know, he's not a great run player and he's not a

big physical guy. So I think if they can run at him and get the run game going, I think that's important. The other thing is, is, you know, it's not just him on that defense. In fact, I picked that Packers to go to the Super Bowl before the Parsons trade. And the reason being, a lot of those first year guys who played a lot last year and now second year guys and the second year guys

or third year guys and third year guys and fourth year guys, and those guys, they were the youngest team in the league last year. They played a lot of football. And you're starting to see it. Adrian Cooper is a beast at linebacker. Van Ness took a step in the right direction last week and had a really good camp.

You know, all summer they raved about him.

Wyatt, you know, he's another young player that's starting to emerge on the interior.

And they already had good players and guys like Gary.

So I think what you're seeing is he's the last piece to what is a really good defense.

And people question their secondary,

but boy, I'll tell you what, the safety tandem is outstanding with McKinney and Williams,

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