Redskins Capital Connection

Sigh. Things seemed so good such a short time ago, but a few bad losses and then one especially bad loss this past Sunday against the New York Giants, and it has quickly unraveled.  There's literally so much drama around this team right now that hosts Chad Ryan and Mark Phillips had to make an itemized list just to cover it all with today's guest Michael Phillips from the Richmond Times-Dispatch (no relation).  That list includes; Mark Sanchez's long storied career as the Redskins starter is over The Redskins will start a 4th QB in the same season for the first time ever Mason Foster drama and confusion on social media Zach Brown's comments about his future with the team Bruce Allen's job security, and then being linked, then not linked, to Oakland Jay Gruden's job security Derrius Guice news finally broke about his set backs in his rehab, (but he's fine now) Josh Doctson is in the concussion protocol Basically every OL player is listed on the injury report Oh yeah, and the Redskins were down 40-0 against th

Alright Washington Redskins fans; we're definitely in troubled waters right now, but the goal of today's episode of the Redskins Capital Connection podcast is to figure out if these troubled waters are uncharted, or is this somehow familiar territory? We've actually got a good show for you today, in somewhat stark contrast to what you all probably witnessed on Monday Night Football against the Eagles. Joining hosts Chad Ryan and Mark Phillips is the most trusted voice covering the Washington Redskins - ESPN's John Keim, making his long-awaited RCC debut.  Together they do a bit of a pulse-check on this organization and try and figure out if the perception of doom-and-gloom that seems to be surrounding this 6-6 team at present is warranted, or just weird.  The conversation then turns to Mark Sanchez, whose starting role in this week's upcoming game vs the New York Giants will represent only the third time in 20 years that the Redskins have started three different Quarterbacks in the same season.  All of that a

The Robs are back! The On the Warpath hosts Robbie Duncan (Former D1 offensive lineman, now OL film guru) and Rob Henson (Former Washington Redskins Linebacker) return from a long break to bring you their thoughts on a wide-range of Redskins issues. Together they cover the Reuben Foster situation and the Kareem Hunt video and the impact it has on the Redskins and the NFL. They also share their thoughts on Alex Smith and how he played before his major injury, and how they predict the rest of the season will play out, including Monday's pivotal game vs the Eagles. It's good to be home! 

Instead of doing an 'emergency' podcast right after the Washington Redskins claimed Reuben Foster off waivers, we here at Redskins Capital Connection wanted to pause for a moment and let at least a few more details roll in before talking about it. Well, we have some more details but we still have a lot of questions. Today, hosts Chad Ryan and Mark Phillips are joined by Craig Hoffman (106.7 The Fan) to unpack what we know about how and why the Redskins elected to claim a man twice accused of domestic violence. It's a discussion that deals with a lot of uncertainty, but we attempt to stick with what we know and what it leads us to believe. We also look ahead to this week's NFC East action that could see the Redskins back in outright 1st place... or they could drop to out-right 3rd place. It's a pivotal week, to say the least. As always, thank you for tuning in - tell your friends and enjoy the show.

Ughhhhhhhhhhhh. Alright, let's do this. Washington Redskins fans; no one enjoys situations like this, but after Alex Smith broke his leg in a gruesome fashion on Sunday afternoon against the Houston Texans, we've rallied for a quick emergency podcast to talk through the ramifications both short and long term, and the steps that this football team will likely take to mitigate the fallout from such a disastrous occurrence. Host Chad Ryan and co-host Mark Phillips are here for a two man show today and please bear with us; we don't usually record on Mondays unless the shit has hit the fan, and in the famous words of old William Shakespeare; the shit hath hitteth the fan. So really there's three things on the agenda today; Firstly just the immediate fallout of the Alex Smith injury and what it will mean to this team. Secondly is the very real requirement all of a sudden to sign a new Quarterback, and who the likely candidates are and who the candidates should be. And finally; beyond the 2018 season what this means

The Washington Redskins find themselves at 6-3 after 10 weeks of the 2018 NFL season -their best start to a season since 2008- and at 6-3 are two games clear of the Cowboys and Eagles who are both 4-5. In short, things are looking great for this team on paper. But this past weekends 16-3 win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers was a classic example of an 'ugly win', and today hosts Chad Ryan and Mark Phillips are going to try and figure out if that's a problem. We've also got an exclusive 1-on-1 with one of the emerging stars of the Washington Redskins, Wide Receiver Maurice Harris, so look out for that towards the end of today's show as it's a really insightful discussion that takes you inside the Redskins locker room.  As always - Hail to the Redskins, and thanks for listening!

Welcome back to the Redskins Capital Connection - your number one source of independent coverage of the Washington Redskins. We've got a great show for you today, but right at the top we have an announcement from the Redskins themselves; if you are a 6'5 300lb human who knows how to keep your centre of gravity low, please report to Redskins Park in Ashburn Virginia for your new contract to play offensive line for this football team. Coach Callahan will bring you up to speed... Of course we're kidding, but the Redskins offensive line suffered a brutal round of luck in the 38-14 loss against the Atlanta Falcons this past week in round 9 of the 2018 NFL season, losing not only Left Guard Shawn Lauvao to a season ending ACL injury, but also Pro-Bowl Right Guard Brandon Scherff to a season-ending pectoral tear. This in a game where Pro-Bowl LT Trent Williams was watching from the sidelines already, and Morgan Moses just lives in a state of perpetual dinged up status, and things are suddenly looking bleak for a tea

Welcome back to another episode of the Redskins Capital Connection podcast - your home for the best in-depth and independent coverage of the Washington Redskins! Big show today as we recap the 5-2 Redskins as we stream past the half-way point of the 2018 season, and of course we also dive head-first in to the big trade deadline day news that the Redskins made an aggressive move and brought in Ha'sean Treshon Clinton-Dix, who of course goes by the best moniker in the NFL - Ha Ha. Joining hosts Chad Ryan and Mark Phillips in this endeavor is Kareem Copeland (The Washington Post) making his RCC debut! We start with how and why this trade came to be, what it means for the Redskins moving forward, and the front office machinations that were required to pull it off.  Then we look at what Clinton-Dix brings to the Redskins on the field, when we can anticipate he'll start, and what his overall fit with this defense may be.  Finally, as we're dropping this podcast on the Wednesday morning between Week's 8 and 9 of the

Your Washington Redskins are 1st place in the NFC East with a 1.5 game lead over the Philadelphia Eagles. When you couple that with the fact that the Redskins are 4-1 in the NFC, it means that no matter what happens across the league this weekend, the Redskins will finish this week still in 1st place of the division! It also means that this week's game against the 1-6 Giants offers yet another great opportunity for our team to consolidate their division lead and control their own destiny. To talk about that today, hosts Chad Ryan and Mark Phillips welcome back their good mate Craig Hoffman (106.7 The Fan). Together they discuss who is injured and unavailable against the Giants, the dominance of this Defensive Line, the emergence of Jonathan Allen as a leader, and with Tuesday's trade deadline looming, do we anticipate movement from Jay Gruden? All that and more on another episode of RCC - your home for the best independent coverage of the Washington Redskins!

Right off the bat today we wanted to take a moment to acknowledge the passing of a good friend of ours and a stalwart of the Washington Redskins beat, Rich Tandler, who sadly passed away on Tuesday night at the age of 63. Hosts Chad Ryan and Mark Phillips share their tributes to a great reporter and an even better person, and remark on how he's been a huge part in both of their respective journeys when it comes to covering the Redskins. For Chad, Rich was the first reporter he ever met. Mark and Rich, however, go back a long time, and they started their radio show together back in 1999 in Richmond VA, both of them brand new to the industry. We then pivot back to football and preview Dallas Cowboys week with friend of the show Lake Lewis, who goes so far as to say that this week's game may be one of the top two most important of Jay Gruden's entire Redskins tenure. Tune in to the podcast to hear why!  Thanks for listening Redskins fans. Hug your loved ones and be good to each other. Celebrate wildly when the R

Welcome to the grumpy early morning-after edition of the Redskins Capital Connection. First up a warning; usually we keep it rated PG here but today there's probably going to be some cursing, so consider yourselves forewarned. If you're listening with young children or those with delicate sensibilities, prepare accordingly. That said, anyone with delicate sensibilities will be no more offended by this podcast than they would have been by the putrid display the Redskins served up on Monday night football against the New Orleans Saints. No sugar-coating it here; hosts Chad Ryan and Mark Phillips are grumpy and tired of watching the Redskins get their asses wooped in Prime Time games.  This isn't the regular RCC episode; this is a venting session.   

For those who have been long-time listeners of the Redskins Capital Connection podcast, you'll know that in years past we use the bye week as an opportunity to take a step back and try and get a 'big picture' look at how the Redskins season is tracking by talking to a national NFL reporter as opposed to one of the players or local beat writers.  A week four bye makes that a little trickier though.  Given the small sample size, however, we're fortunate that there's a friend of the show who seemed perfect for this challenge today, so hosts Chad Ryan and Mark Phillips dialed up Mike Jones (USA Today, formerly Washington Post).  Together they talk about what we've seen from the 2-1 Redskins thus far, what the coming weeks will reveal about this team, and what the biggest factors contributing to their ability to make the playoffs in 2018 will be.  All of that, plus a quick recap of the Packers win, a preview of the Saints game, and Chad starting the show tripping over basic words.  Enjoy the show!  

After the Washington Redskins built our hopes up in week one, they brought us back down to Earth with thundering mediocrity in week two against the Indianapolis Colts. What went wrong, why did it go wrong, and where to from here? Those are the questions that Redskins Capital Connection hosts Chad Ryan and Mark Phillips seek to explore on today's episode as they recap the Colts loss, talk about the news of the week, and look ahead to this week's game hosting Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers at FedEx Field.  To help them do it, they're joined by who must surely hold the record for longest time between RCC appearances, The Athletic's own Tarik El-Bashir, back on the Redskins beat after a few years covering the Washington Capitals.  A great and fun episode today, so gather your friends and family around the podcast fireplace and tune in! If you enjoy the show, do us a favor and share it on social media, and leave us a review on whichever platform you're listening to us on.  

Welcome back to the #1 independent podcast dedicated to your first place in the NFC Washington Redskins! That's right; after one whole staggering week of NFL regular season action, the Redskins find themselves atop the entire conference on tie-breakers after dispatching with the Arizona Cardinals with ease, cruising to a 24-6 victory. Your hosts Chad Ryan and Mark Phillips are here to talk about that, plus all the news around the team this week, as well as previewing the Week 2 game vs the Indianapolis Colts. Then later in the show, Chad goes 1-on-1 with Redskins Offensive Lineman Chase Roullier for a fascinating discussion on the belief that this team has this year, what it's like to block for Chris Thompson and Adrian Peterson, and what the Redskins game-plan might look like against the Colts this week It's a big show and a good show today, so tune-in! And if you enjoy it, please do us a favor and spread the word among your fellow Redskins fan friends and family. The more people we have on team RCC the bett

After 35 long weeks of offseason, of OTAs, of minicamp, of Training Camp, and of preseason... in 72 hours the Washington Redskins play regular season football once again! We made it! That's right; on Sunday afternoon at 425pm the Redskins host the Arizona Cardinals at FedEx field and here to help host Chad Ryan preview everything there is about this game is an old friend of the show, Mark Bullock fresh off the announcement that he is one of the founding members of The Athletic's foray into DC! Together they cover everything including why Las Vegas thinks the Cardinals are so bad, how to stop David Johnson, and what to expect from the first real outing of Alex Smith as the new franchise Quarterback for Washington. All of that and so much more. You'll just have to trust us on that one until you tune in, but there's a lot covered today!  

This is probably the toughest week in the entire year to cover an NFL team as we cut the roster down from 90 players to 53. Some players will get other opportunities, whether it's on another team, or on a practice squad... but for many, this will be the end of a lifelong dream of playing in the NFL. It's heavy stuff, so to talk about it today we definitely need some emotional support and backup, and for that host Chad Ryan is joined by regular co-host Mark Phillips as well as RCC family member Robbie Duncan.  Together they run through all 90 players currently on the roster and give their final thoughts on who will make the cut and who will be cut, and where the biggest roster battles will be won and lost, including this week in the 4th and final Preseason game in Baltimore.  It's a deep-dive today, so strap in and enjoy the ride!

Hello Redskins fans and welcome back to the Redskins Capital Connection podcast; your best source for hearing all about what's going on with the Washington Redskins direct from the guy who might be the next Prime Minister of Australia. On today's show hosts Chad Ryan and Mark Phillips recap the past week of news around the team including the fact that Adrian Peterson is now in the Burgundy and Gold. Then they dial up Craig Hoffman from 106.7 The Fan to talk about tonight's penultimate Preseason week 3 game against the Denver Broncos.  The conversation hits on which players will suit up in the most important preseason game and which players will be watching from the sidelines, as well as what the key storylines to keep an eye on tonight are.  Today's show is jam-packed with juicy information so don't miss it! And please remember to tell your Redskins-supporting friends and family to listen to the podcast too!  

It's a bittersweet day today; our last day at Washington Redskins Training Camp 2018.  Hosts Chad Ryan and Mark Phillips are here one last time from the grass here at the Bon Secours facility in Richmond VA.  No fights today (unlike yesterday), which means we actually got a good look at the Redskins vs the New York Jets. Listen as we recap the days action including the play of the day by Alex Smith. Because it's our last day at camp, Chad went around and spoke to over two dozen reporters out here covering the Redskins and asked them for their personal highlights from Training Camp, which was great fun.  After that, we sit down with all three Special Teamers in Nick Sundberg, Dustin Hopkins, and Tress Way. They gave us a great look at a day in the life of the Specialists out here at Training Camp, and then we ran them through the RCC Teammate Trivia gauntlet!  Tune in for all the laughs and all the learning that you've come to know and love from the Redskins Capital Connection podcast. 

FIGHT! This felt inevitable, but most people were surprised how quickly the joint practices between the Washington Redskins and New York Jets degenerated into an all-out melee.  And Redskins Capital Connection host Chad Ryan was right there in the middle of it - literally. The fight engulfed his beloved camp stool as 40 NFL players scrapped on top of it. So if you want the details for what happened, you'll find no better place than right here to get it! Joining Chad on today's show are co-hosts Chip Brierre and Mark Phillips as we recorded the episode from a Buffalo Wild Wings downtown after the rain shut things down at the Bon Secours facility.  We cover off day one of the joint practices and say our farewell's to Chip as today was his last day at camp. Tune in and get caught up on all the action!   

Today was the last day that the Washington Redskins will take the field on their own for Training Camp 2018. Tomorrow, the New York Jets come to town for three days of joint practices, and with them will be a bunch of New York media and a lot more noise. But fear not! Redskins Capital Connection is still here to guide you through all the madness and sadness that comes with being a Washington Redskins fan.  Tune in to hear host Chad Ryan sound depressed as he talks with co-host Mark Phillips about the Derrius Guice injury... there's no sugar-coating it. It just sucks.  But the show must go on and today we sit down with Chris Thompson, who explains why no one is better equipped to deal with this setback than his "little brother" Guice. Thompson also tells us about his off-season workout that has seen fans take notice of his new upper-body strength, as well as his plans for this season. All of that and so much more on another episode of RCC. Check it out, and spread the word; tell your friends and co-workers in