Good morning, everybody, the Simple Handicap for Wednesday, August 28th. Thank you for making me a part of your morning.

This is episode number two of four that will be uploaded today covering teams in the NFC East.

In this episode, I'm going to talk about the Washington Commanders. It's a tricky preview.

I'll tell you why in a second. Before we get into it, I want to remind everybody, the RAS Picks live stream for NFL is back on the

RAS Picks YouTube channel. If you want to jump over and join me at 9 a.m. Pacific time, I will be

going live starting today. It will be up every Wednesday all season long, in season. It's

game by game previews for every game on the card. Today, Wednesday, before the season, you're getting my 10

boldest predictions about the upcoming year. So this will be a fun one. There's a live chat for the show

where you can participate. Great community of folks come over every Wednesday from here on

the podcast. Good to be able to chat with everybody again after a long offseason away. So if you're

interested in the live stream, head over to the YouTube channel at 9 a.m. Pacific time.

All right.

I say the Washington commanders are tricky

because I'm not at a point

where I can confidently make a decision

and say, like, this is a team I want to back

and I think is very underrated.

Why I say it's tricky is because I think the commanders are going to be a good

underdog to bet on at certain spots during the year.

I don't think this is the team that I would ever be comfortable laying a margin with

and needing them to cover a number.

But if you're giving me a handful of points with this team, especially at home, I think they can play really hard and really surprise relative to the point spread expectation.

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