RGIII previews Commanders vs. Packers and talks about hopes for Washington in 2025
Robert Griffin III chats with Mackenzie Salmon about the Commanders upcoming primetime game against the Packers and why it could set the tone for the season.
Video Transcript
Jumping over to your former team here in Washington; they played Thursday night, week two, a tough opponent in Green Bay.
What do you make of that matchup and also, um, do you think that the Commanders' team can replicate the success that it had last season?
Oh, that is a, that is a loaded question, because going to the NFC championship game is, is not very easy to do and replicate.
Um, but what I took away positive from the Commanders in week one against the Giants was, yes, they gave up three sacks to that unbelievable Giants front, uh, you know, with Dexter Lawrence and Kavon Thibodeaux, uh, Abdul Carter and Brian Burns, but they, they shut them down in the second half and, and really protected Jayden much better.
So now you're going up against guys Sean Gary, Micah Parsons, and that Packers front that really had a field day week one.
I, I, I really, I mean they shut down alliances, you know, and that's a very high-profile prolific offense.
So I, I'm looking to see how they handle the pressure with Micah being their second week, you know, really second game playing in that system.
Um, because defensively, the Commanders looked unbelievable.
Uh, Russell Wilson completed less than 50% of his passes.
Uh, they, they sacked him two times, and the secondary looked like a strength.
So I think that is gonna be a major factor in this game.
Can Jordan Love in this Packers offense, you know, throw the football because Washington looked like they're ready to sniff out and shut down the running game.
