Here are some notes, nuggets and things to look out for in today’s game:

● Running back Matt Jones is coming off his first 100-yard rushing game of the season and second of his career. In today’s paper, he talked about how family and a better understanding of the game have helped him gain an edge and improve production.

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● Former Redskins running back Clinton Portis had some advice for Jones, who still is working to improve his field vision and decision-making.

“Vision can’t be taught. It’s instinctive,” Portis said. “I think what Matt Jones really needs to do is know his first read. If you know where your first read is, and the guy goes out, you’re going in. If he goes in, you’re going out, and that would clean up so much for him. … If his eyes are on his first read before the play even starts, and his man goes in, he already knows to go out. It tells him how to set everything up.

“Then he needs to know his linemen and what they struggle with week in and week out. If I know that [former Redskins right tackle and teammate] Stephon Heyer always gets beat inside but he’s a monster outside, I’m looking for the inside move so I can jump outside. Matt Jones just needs to get comfortable enough to make those decisions.”

● Jones has been most productive late in games, averaging 4.7 yards per carry in the fourth quarter of the win over the Giants and 8.09 per carry in the second half of the win over the Browns. Because of that production in clutch moments, teammates have started calling him “Hammer Time.”

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● It’s expected that Duke Ihenacho will start at strong safety today, and it’ll mark the end of a long wait. Ihenacho last started in Week 1 of the 2015 season but suffered a season-ending injury in that game. Prior to that, he hadn’t started since 2013 with the Denver Broncos.

Ihenacho didn’t dress for the first game of this season and saw only special-teams action in the second game and spot duty on defense in the third and fourth contests. Still, he said his mentality never changed and that he always viewed himself as a starter. Ihenacho believes he can add energy and physicality to Washington’s defense and thinks he and free safety Will Blackmon communicate well with each other thanks to all the reps they took together in the offseason and training camp.

Describing what seemed like a long wait before getting the nod this season, Ihenacho said, “Yeah, it’s definitely tough. But I knew the time was coming. I knew eventually, at some point, I was going to get on the field. I believe that. It was a tough pill to swallow, but I looked at it as just one less opportunity to get hurt. So I kind of tried to find a silver lining, but the time is here now.”

● Washington parted with defensive lineman Kendall Reyes this week and now has only six on the roster. Inactive for the first four games despite a promising preseason, undrafted rookie Anthony Lanier said Thursday that he didn’t expect to dress this Sunday, either. He said he has struggled watching from the sidelines, especially after doing so well in the preseason. But Lanier has tried to continue to work on his techniques and remain sharp for the day his opportunity comes. He also studies upcoming opponents’ defensive linemen to pick up on their tendencies so he can give practice partner Morgan Moses as good an idea as possible of what he’ll face in games.

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● Washington’s defense enters this game hoping to add to its 29 forced fumbles since the start of the 2015 season, a figure that leads the NFL. Washington also boasts a league-high 20 fumble recoveries during that span. The Redskins have forced a fumble in nine straight regular season games dating to last season.

● Quarterback Kirk Cousins needs four passes to pass Eddie LeBaron’s 1,104 pass attempts, which rank eighth on the franchise’s all-time list. Cousins also needs 26 pass completions to move past Gus Frerotte (744) for seventh on the team’s all-time completions list.

● With three touchdown passes, Cousins would move past Jason Campbell (55 career touchdown passes) for seventh most in team history.

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● Wide receiver Pierre Garcon needs two touchdown catches to become the 15th player in Redskins history to post 20 touchdown catches with the team.

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● Linebacker Trent Murphy will look to add to his career-high total of four sacks, as well as to record a sack in a fourth straight game for the first time in his career. If he does it, Murphy will become the first Redskins player to since Ryan Kerrigan, who did it in five straight games during the 2014 season.