but joe flaco has been solid. matt stanford has thrown for 184 yards. how about the redskins?ond pre-season game is tomorrow night. of course heading on to chicago, mike shanahan says expect the starters to play. 30-35 plays. we'll see more exotic coverage this week. the education continues and he knows that. >> i have to play more. it's hard to pull from four team plays, hey, i need to work on this, this and this. >> having the ability to deal with these rookies through the ota and watch as much film as we did, they're a little further ahead than most rookies. until they get in game situations, you're not really sure how they're going to react. >> reporter: all right. that game kicks tomow night in chicago 8:00. we'll have highlights at 11:00. the nats are in first place and it's august the 17th. so if you haven't gotten on the band wagon just yet, consider yourself a little late to the party. it's a big six games coming up. mets tonight and then the braves starting on monday. and if all things go well, you think the nats management might start printing some playoff tickets.

joe flaco responds with a pretty simple answer. >> i haven't figured out how long i'm playing yet, soe'll see. but hopefully my expectations will be we get the ball. whether it's to open the game or once they turn the ball over on downs or whatever happens and we go down to score touchdowns and that will be a good day. >> so insightful. >> very much. >> they want the ball. >> for a touchdown. >> okay. that worked. two good games. >> we're on at 7:00 thursday, aren't we? >> i believe so. >> hopefully they'll still be playing when we're done. >>> everybody wants to know about our friend -- what's his name? the swimmer. >> michael phelps. >> who is the girlfriend. >> now you know. >> that's why they're googling her. >> that's our broadcast. we'll see you tomorrow. i got the chance to start my own business. i know what it's like to hire people and to make ends meet. from those experiences, i had the chance of running the olympics. the games were in real trouble. there'd been way too much spending. and in massachusetts i found a budget that was badly out of balance. our legislature was 85%

joe flaco responds with a pretty simple answer. >> i haven't figured out how long i'm playing yet, so see. but hopefully my expectations will be we get the ball. whether it's to open the game or once they turn the ball over on downs or whatever happens and we go down to score touchdowns and that will be a good day. >> so insightful. >> very much. >> they want the ball. >> for a touchdown. >> okay. that worked. two good games. >> we're on at 7:00 thursday,