Las Vegas Raiders (1-1) at Washington Commanders (1-1) Game Preview + Predictions | Mariota Starts!
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The Washington Commanders (1-1) play host to the Las Vegas Raiders (1-1) in Week 3 of the NFL season. Both teams are coming off losses, the Commanders against the Packers on Thursday night and the Raiders against the Chargers on Monday night. This episode previews that matchup.We jump over to the Raiders vs Commanders injury report, which sees Jayden Daniels not practicing with a knee injury, Noah Brown and John Bates as longshots to play, and Austin Ekeler and Deatrich Wise done for the season. Marcus Mariota is in line to start this game in place of Jayden Daniels. The Raiders, in contrast, are largely healthy.The Commanders offense, featuring Marcus Mariota, take on a Raiders defense that have forced a turnover in each game so far, and play zone a whopping 93% of the time! They have also been stout against the run so far, which could make life difficult for Bill Croskey-Merritt, Jeremy McNichols and Chris Rodriguez. The Commanders feature Terry McLaurin, Deebo Samuel and Zach Ertz. How do we have success against this Raiders defense?The Commanders defense goes against Raiders QB Geno Smith, 1st round rookie RB Ashton Jeanty and an elite TE in Brock Bowers with a secondary option in Michael Mayer. At WR, Jakobi Meyers leads the team in targets. What do we hope to see on this side of the ball?The Commanders are home favorites, despite Jayden being not starting, favored by 3 points and the over-under is 43.5 points. What is your prediction for this game?The Comment Mailbag features 8 comments. Thank you all for the comments! We greatly appreciate them as always.Please LIKE the video + Subscribe to the channel!Follow us on Twitter/X at https://twitter.com/DistrictDividedTIMECODES0:00 Intro2:43 Injury Report3:57 Commanders O vs Raiders D18:28 Commanders D vs Raiders O35:53 Predictions38:45 Comment Mailbag#commanders #commanderspodcast #nflweek3