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All right, injuries.  Sean Considine is on IR with his shoulder strain.  It's the same deal he's had repaired before.  Rick and his guys will be in there, doing their thing to get him back out there.  Q will step in there as the starter and I don't think it will be that big of a transition.  It's not things he's never done before

Lito should play, yeah.  We expect him out there.

As for Washington, they've got a good football team down there.  They're a little banged up in the secondary, but we expect whoever steps up in there will do a good job for them. 

Again, we look forward to playing the Washington Redskins.  This is our second go-around with them. We came up a little short on the first one and we know what kind of football team they are, how good they are.  They are a good football team, very solid in all phases.  It's important that we take care of business and get ourselves prepared to go down there and play a good football game against a good team.

This is a big game.  I don't think you can look past anybody in this league, is probably what Coach Gibbs is telling his team down there today. 

Time's yours.

On whether the Eagles plan to run the ball more this weekend:  I think we'll see how it goes out there.  Westbrook, you know, Westbrook will get his touches.  We've got a number for him and Marty really tries to hit that.  Beyond that, yeah, we'll see how it goes.

On if better offensive balance could help a struggling Donovan McNabb:  Look, Donovan, Donovan's doing ok out there.  I'm sure there are some throws he'd like to have back, but he's doing fine.  The knee looks good, he's moving around better and we think he'll continue to get better.  He just needs to string some throws together and get a good game in there.

On whether not answering the previous question means things aren't changing with the playcalling:  Look, you try to do some things out there and take what they give you and you move forward.  Like I said, we'll just have to see how it goes out there.

On whether "we'll see how it goes" actually means "no chance in hell":  Yes. 

On how the wide receivers will adjust to the press coverages they struggled with in the first game:  I'm not really going to get into all that, we've got some things we're going to try to do and we'll just let it play out there.

On rumors the receivers had something to do with all the injuries Washington has suffered in the secondary:  No, I don't get into all that with Reggie and Kevin and the voodoo dolls and stuff.  Not real big on needles these days.

On whether a healthy LJ Smith can be the difference this time around:  Any time you've got a great BZZZT really good BZZZT -- Joe, stop shocking me.  [glares offstage]  Like I said, any time you're missing a guy like LJ, yeah, it has an impact.  It will be on us to put him in a position where he can make some plays and potentially alter the coverage packages we're seeing

On how the Redskins wide receivers haven't caught a touchdown pass this season:  Yeah, I mentioned that up to Donovan last time he started talking about "weapons."

On whether the Redskins missing the entire starting right side of their offensive line changes the game plan on defense:  Jim's probably got some things he wants to do up in there, but you'd have to ask him about that.

On whether if Kearse doesn't have a big game this week it means it's never going to happen:  I'm not really going to get into all that.  [Looks at Joe.]

On whether he's considered putting guys in a bit better position to make plays:  Seriously?

On whether Eagles 16, Reskins 12 was a good guess at the final score:  These days, your guess is as good as mine.