he is in the cage right now taking on edwin jackson in a simulated game. >> every day that brice sees live pitching is every day he's getting closer and closer and closer. is he there all the way? i don't know, but it's the threat of brice and 85 to 90% brice better than most, and i would say yes. >> reporter: more ready than rusty, hopefully. for pitchers, too. game 1 starter tbd. masters still bothered by a bullpen issue. tomorrow it's not if we'll see mad max but when. >> i'm pitching in the nlds. >> all luck the redskins wanted going into a bye week. he started off so well. showing in a major way against the undefeated team. they played it down the stretch. they have to get better. >> we could play harder, that's no question. we're always going to give it everything we got. on the road we have to play a little more mistake-free football and maybe we can come out on the other side. >> i think we're a great team. if we keep pushing at it, keep fighting, keep at it together, this team can really do something special, but we got to get healthy. >> you grow up, you go to the games, you