jason hatcher warmed up. we saw him getting looked at by the trainers and coaches. so we'll find out if he'll be ready to go for tonight in a few minutes. >> we hope patrick can go, one of the better defensive line meb on this redskins team. also the first night without deangelo hall, done for the season with that torn achilles. we'll see what the rookie ba shard breeland can do in place of him tonight. the guys just arrived to the stadium a while ago. want to show you that video. this is kirk cousins making his sixth career start for the redskins. 400 yards last week, 3 touchdowns. we'll see what type of success he can have against the giants. and pierre garcon. as dianna mentioned, injury a big part of this team, a big storyline tonight. but these guys aren't making any excuses when it comes to injuries. >> it's tough, you know. but we knew this was on our schedule for a long time. i've got to prepare for it, and sometimes football is about playing when you're not quite 100%. guys are going to have to backel up, strap it up, because giants are in the same boat we

. >> reporter: looks like jason hatcher is up tonight. >> reporter: when you look to the offense, this run game, kirk cousins last week 427 yards, that's great, but they got to get this run game going. >> reporter: alfred morris is carrying the ball more from week 1 and he's gaining less. he has not yet had 100 yards. they need him to have at least 100 yards in a balanced attack today. >> reporter: it's time for our papa john's key ingredient of the game. christine has that for us like she does every week. what is it? >> reporter: it's got to be kirk cousins. he's got to finish the deal this week. it's great to have all those stats, but if you don't win a game at home against a division rival, this game is here for the taking, kirk cousins is definitely the man to watch. >> reporter: you heard it. now you all have a chance to win a pair of redskins tickets. go to our facebook page. enter the key ingredient which is kirk cousins on our facebook page for a chance to win, back to you all in the studio. >>> the redskins name, the controversy and what do local redskins fans really want? we

. >> we have two outstanding linebacker, and they added jason hatcher. they also are very big across, the line and they have two good linebackers in keenan robinson and perry riley. they have good real good inside guys so that front seven is formidable. >> week three kicks off with thursday night football, atlanta verse tampa in the divisional battle, falcons one and one, bucks desperate at zero and two. >>> after the game stay tune for my exclusive one on one, with shady mccoy, he talks about everything from his return to his friend desean jackson to the commissioner's handling of recent problems in the nfl, that is tonight after thursday night football. >>> kimmo timonen spoke to the media today about his medical issues with blood clots. team has no definitive answer at this point other than to say he will in the play for months. kimmo is not announcing his retirement, he will monitor his treatments for this, dangerous blood condition, cast, pain and early august alerted kimmo of the returning problem. seven years in philadelphia, after a long career w

defensive end jason hatcher coming off a pro bowl season missed much of the preseason recovering fromt he made an impact when he plays. and a rush that includes arapahoe. the person with the biggest impact on the field isn't a player, it is jay gruden, the redskins eighth head coach since 2000. while respected as an offensive coordinator how will he make the transition to nfl head coach? >> you have to be sound of your decision making and have to be good to your players and try to get the most out of them and be a good motivator and good teacher. win or you're done. >> football is here. the redskins first home game will be september 14 against the jaguars a little more than two weeks away. the start of the nfl season means fantasy football players are busy. how is your team looking? >> we are going all the way. >> i will help you out this season. >>> right now at 5:00, storms marching across our region. >> we are pin pointing which neighborhoods will get hit next. we get an update coming up. >>> more people more cars on the road making it difficult for emergency crews to respond to so

they will miss jason hatcher being healthy every game. they're going to have concerns with perry reilly. , brandon meriweather not necessarily practicing two weeks. so this defense we thought was so great when they played jacksonville is not so great. >> all right. so a long week ahead here. they had the break, they have the rest. you recall as a player, how important is it for them to get this time off to just get away from it for a little. >> i always liked this early break, because you've had camp and almost half the season go by in terms of total days. these guys are beat down a little bit. as the season progresses, they'll plan session into just playing games. this was a nice break as a player. i loved getting a thursday night game and having some time off. >> you taking a nice break? >> i take no breaks. i am working more now than i have ever worked. >> except for your dad. >> that's part of it. >> cooley is a new dad. the redskins, they will play the super bowl champs. seattle seahawks in one week at fedexfield. back to you. >>> ri