Redskins Capital Connection

The Washington Redskins hit the road for Preseason Week 1 against the New England Patriots in Foxborough, so Redskins Capital Connection hit the road as well.  Literally. Today's episode was recorded in the car on the drive back to Boston after the game, with host Chad Ryan joined by special guest co-host Michael Phillips from the Richmond Times-Dispatch! After going in to half time with a 17-3 lead, the Redskins ended up losing 26-17 after Colt McCoy left the game and Kevin Hogan took over.  But the score wasn't the main story from tonight, with injury scares to key players such as Derrius Guice, Matt Ioannidis, and Trey Quinn. We've got the updates on all of those guys for you, with both Chad and Michael spending time in the Redskins locker room after the game getting it all from the horses mouth.  Tune in and listen in to the fun as Michael gives you the tourist's guide to the highway from Foxborough to Boston as well. A lot of laughs on today's episode of RCC, so tune in and have fun!  

Things are starting to get real interesting here at Washington Redskins Training Camp as today the players took to the field for the last time ahead of Thursday night's preseason opener against the New England Patriots at Foxborough.  The players weren't in pads today as they went through what most resembles a regular season 'Friday practice', where it's a half-way point between a normal practice and a walkthrough. We got a good insight into which players will take the field on Thursday night and which players will be watching from the sidelines, as well as a good idea on what sort of game plan Jay Gruden will utilize. (Spoiler alert: vanilla).  Hosts Chad Ryan and Chip Brierre were once again there every step of the way to bring you all of the action from Richmond, before Chad sat down 1 on 1 with rookie Running Back Derrius Guice for what was, unsurprisingly, a very entertaining and informative discussion!  All that and much, much more on another episode of the Redskins Capital Connection! 

On a day that Jay Gruden referred to himself as a "genius" for switching practices to the morning, today's practice just finished in time before the rains once again started to fall heavily here in Richmond at Redskins Training Camp.  But fear not; the Redskins Capital Connection crew of Chad Ryan, Mark Phillips, and Chip Brierre still managed to record today's podcast just in time before the facilities were closed off and everyone was herded inside to get out of the lightning.  Multiple veterans didn't participate today due to a combination of scheduled rest days as well as minor injuries, which meant that practice was a little more reserved compared to previous days. With Preseason Week 1 against the New England Patriots coming later this week, you'll start to see some backups get a bit more work to prepare for the lions-share of gametime on Thursday night. Also today, we sat down with rookie Defensive Lineman Tim Settle and talked to him about life at training camp, the benefits of being a local boy, and o

A hot and sweaty day of Washington Redskins Training Camp 2018 today as the players hit the field and put in work.  DJ Swearinger & Jamison Crowder got a veteran day off today, which meant that Deshazor Everett and Trey Quinn stood up in their place. And today we also saw the single biggest hit we've seen at Training Camp this year! Your hosts today are Chad Ryan, Mark Phillips and Chip Brierre and together we recap all the action for you to ensure that you don't miss a single thing! Also today, we sat down with Mason Foster and had a fantastic discussion with the hard-nosed Middle Linebacker. Foster told us all about how he was pressuring Zach Brown to re-sign with the Redskins, about what makes them work so well as a tandem together, and exactly why he's a PUBG guy and not a Fortnite guy.  All that and of course more on another episode of the Redskins Capital Connection podcast! Tell your friends, tell your family, and subscribe to us wherever you get podcasts!

Things went to a new level on the field today, just as Coach Jay Gruden promised they would. Here on day nine of Redskins Training Camp 2018, it was fan appreciation day which meant that the crowds were big and the energy levels were high, and the players responded in kind!  The hits were bigger than we've seen at Training Camp in years, and the trash talk matched that intensity. And as always, Redskins Capital Connection was there for every moment of it! Today's hosts Chad Ryan and Robbie Duncan recap all the action, including having a disagreement on whether or not the Offense or the Defense were the victors today!  Then we sit down with WR Jamison Crowder who finally settles the issue of how Chad pronounces his name once and for all. We then run him through the RCC Teammate Trivia gauntlet, so tune in to see how he went! The Redskins Capital Connection podcast can be found everywhere you subscribe to podcasts; iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, and lots lots more!  

After some thankfully uneventful days of Training Camp, day six here in Richmond VA saw a flurry of activity.  And as always, Redskins Capital Connection was here every step of the way to bring you all the action.  Hosts Chad Ryan and Chip Brierre recap the shoulder injury to Josh Doctson, the on-field action today that saw Paul Richardson make not one, not two, but three highlight catches, and then we also had the official retirement of Redskins legend DeAngelo Hall at the podium after practice.  If that's not enough Redskins content for you, then you'll be pleased to know that we also sit down with second year Tight End Jeremy Sprinkle, who was a fantastic interview and provided some great laughs and also great football insight. And as always, we ran him through the RCC Teammate Trivia which is fast becoming one of the biggest storylines of camp among the players! It's getting competitive. If that all sounds like a lot, worry not! RCC sorts the wheat from the chaff and brings you everything you need!

And after the first scheduled day off of Washington Redskins Training Camp 2018... we're back! The pads were back on and the players hit the rain-soaked fields here in Richmond today for another intriguing day of practice. As always, your Redskins Capital Connection team was there from start to finish to watch all of the intrigue and report back to you!  Today hosts Chad Ryan and Chip Brierre recap the action including another promising win for the Defensive Backs today, the emergence of Josh Doctson, and some really promising signs from Ryan Anderson, to name just a few of the topics covered. We then sat down exclusively with Montae Nicholson and had an absolute blast asking him about the Safety group's reputation for being prolific trash talkers, what it's like working with DJ Swearinger, and what his approach going into year two as the starter has been like.  Of course we also run him through the RCC Teammate Trivia contest and put him to the sword to see how he does. Tune in to hear the laughs and the res

Welcome back to your home of Redskins Training Camp 2018 coverage - the Redskins Capital Connection podcast.  Day four today and the players were in full pads for the first time this year, and that meant the hits were harder and louder. It truly does sound like football is back! The theme of today's discussion is all about the Safety position for the Washington Redskins. Hosts Chad Ryan, Mark Phillips and Chip Brierre sit down 1-on-1 with Safety Deshazor Everett after a practice session this morning that saw the Safeties on the roster talking a lot of trash to the offense. It started with DJ Swearinger but rest assured Montae Nicholson and Everett got just as involved as well.  You'll also hear Chad talk to Troy Apke about playing Safety opposite Deshazor Everett, as well as Swearinger and Jay Gruden talking about how exciting and how important it is to be going into 2018 with the same starting Safety tandem that the Redskins had last season - the first time that's ever occurred in Gruden's time with the Reds

The action continues in Richmond as Redskins Capital Connection continues our live coverage from here at Training Camp 2018! Today your hosts Chad Ryan, Mark Phillips and Chip Brierre bring you all the news from day 3, including the progress of Alex Smith as he continues to develop a rapport with his team mates, and just why Derrius Guice and Jamison Crowder might be set for really big years. We then sit down with Anthony Lanier II and talk about that rebuilt defensive line, playing in a contract year, and how fatherhood changes his approach to the game. Lanier also took today's RCC Teammate Trivia challenge very seriously. It's competitive out here on multiple levels. All that and more on the day 3 edition of the Redskins Capital Connection. 

We're back! That's right; Redskins Capital Connection is once again coming to you recorded live from the field here at the Bon Secours training facility for Washington Redskins Training Camp 2018.  Host Chad Ryan is joined by Richmond's own Chip Brierre, making his RCC debut today as he jumps on board the team for Camp! Together we sit down with Left Guard Shawn Lauvao today for a great chat about his injury history, what it takes to stay healthy in this league, and why Coach Bill Callahan calls Lauvao a "warrior".  We give you a nice recap of all the day 2 action, including our observations on why this Redskins Defensive Line is going to be a force to be reckoned with this season. All that and more on the latest Redskins Capital Connection episode!

We have a big show for you today; it's not just another episode of the Redskins Capital Connection podcast, it's a joint show with our RCC network family pod the On The Warpath crew! That means it's a full house today as we prepare you with everything you need to know as we head into Redskins Training Camp 2018 starting next week! That includes an introduction for what training camp actually is, what the schedule is going to be like, and then because it's a joint show with our On the Warpath crew today, of course we're going to have three rounds of debate as we look at some pivotal training camp position battles that will start taking shape very, very soon. Your hosts today are Chad Ryan, Mark Phillips, Robbie Duncan and Rob Henson, as we bring you a jam-packed podcast where we all do our best to hide our excitement at the fact that this week is the last time in 2018 we will be without some form of Redskins football! Thanks for tuning in; tell your friends, share it on social media, and leave us a rating &

We've got a great show for you today as we finish our position group breakdown series by looking at the Quarterbacks, Tight Ends and Special Teams players currently on the Washington Redskins 90 man roster as we steam towards Training Camp, which is just now some 4 weeks away! Host Chad Ryan is joined by cameo co-host Robbie Duncan on today's episode, and oh boy is it a good one.  We dialed up friend of the show Nick Sundberg, who is now officially the longest tenured current Redskin on the roster following the retirement of DeAngelo Hall. Nick helps us break down the special teams units at the top of the show and really give us a good front-line insight into what it takes to be a strong special teams unit, including what he's seen from young guys like Deshazor Everett and Quinton Dunbar that has impressed him, and what it takes to be a true specialist in the modern NFL.  We end the show by looking at the Tight Ends and Quarterbacks, and SPOILER ALERT: we think Alex Smith will be the starter this year. A lot

The Redskins offseason is officially over! Yes, with Head Coach Jay Gruden cancelling the last day of mandatory minicamp, the Redskins players have now been released back in to the wild for the last time in 2018 as they now enjoy five and a half weeks of personal time to do whatever they please, so long as they report to Training Camp on July 26 in fit and fighting condition. Today hosts Chad Ryan and Mark Phillips are once again joined by Redskins Capital Connection's own Robbie Duncan as we continue our ongoing series that looks at every position group and every player currently on the Redskins 90 man roster.  And this week to help us look at the Running Backs, we have a very special guest; Redskins RB Chris Thompson dials in to the show for a quick 1-on-1 chat with Chad about life in the Running Backs room in 2018, his own recovery, and what fans can expect in 2018. We recap minicamp, including the buzz surrounding both Alex Smith and Derrius Guice, and take a deep dive on the Wide Receivers as well. All i

Normally it doesn't matter what else is happening in Washington DC sports - the Washington Redskins are typically the main event. Not today. If most of you are just tuning in today this Thursday June 7th to help pass the time before the puck drops in Las Vegas tonight as the Washington Capitals look to become the first team in 25 years to bring a major league championship home to DC, that's fine by everyone here at RCC! For those of you who are still interested in Redskins news today however, we've got a great show for you! Hosts Chad Ryan and Mark Phillips are again joined by RCC's own Robbie Duncan, and together they first recap a little bit of what we've learned from OTAs this week, and then they continue the series that began last week looking at position groups going into training camp. Last week we looked at the Linebackers and Defensive Backs, and this week we're going in to the trenches; it's the Defensive Line and the Offensive Line.  As always, thanks for listening, please help us spread the word by

Hosts Chad Ryan, Mark Phillips, and guest third-wheel Robbie Duncan are your pilots today on another episode of the Redskins Capital Connection podcast! On today's show we're going to be starting our pre-training camp series of positional reviews, where we look at the current lineup of players across all the different positions, talk about who are stone-cold locks to make the roster, who has to fight for a spot, who is exciting us and intriguing us, and other bits and pieces of info. This week we're kicking the series off by looking at the Defensive Backs and Linebackers, which makes for a great and insightful chat. Also on this week's show, we learned last week that good friend of the show and just all around absolute champion Liz Clarke from the Washington Post is transitioning off of the Redskins beat and covering other sports for the Post now. So Chad took it upon himself to conduct her Redskins Beat Exit Interview. It's all a bit silly but we think it was a lot of fun and it really gave Liz a great chanc

Lots to talk about today as we really start getting closer and closer to football, and this week has seen the veteran Redskins players back in the building and on the practice field for offseason workouts, and come Friday the 11th of May (which is tomorrow as of recording this podcast) the Redskins 2018 draft picks, undrafted free agents, as well as a handful of tryout players report to Ashburn for three days of rookie minicamp. It's the first time we'll see guys like DaRon Payne and Derrius Guice in the Burgundy and Gold, and will be a great opportunity to really start getting a better idea about what this 2018 season Redskins roster may look like. Hosts Chad Ryan and Mark Phillips are joined by friend of the show Lake Lewis from the USA Today's 'The Redskins Wire' to discuss that, as well as the items in the news that we'll cover off from the past week as well including the departure of Scott Campbell from the Redskins front office, the re-signing of LG Shawn Lauvao, and the fact that it looks like the Reds

Right off the bat, let us remind you that on Friday morning we released our 'morning after' podcast following the first round of the 2018 NFL Draft where the Washington Redskins selected DT Da'Ron Payne out of Alabama, so if you missed that load it up in your favorite podcast player and give it a listen. Because on today's show, we're talking about the other seven players the Redskins selected in rounds 2 through 7, as well as giving our thoughts on the strategy and philosophy behind the approach that Doug Williams and Bruce Allen took to this years draft.  In the end, the Redskins draft class for 2018 included the following eight players;  DT Da'Ron Payne RB Derrius Guice OT Geron Christian S Troy Apke DT Tim Settle LB Shaun Dion Hamilton CB Greg Stroman WR Trey Quinn And on today's show, hosts Chad Ryan and Mark Phillips are joined by Craig Hoffman (106.7 The Fan) and Mark Bullock (The Washington Post) to do a deep-dive on every single one of those players! Their strengths, their weaknesses, and what they

Welcome fellow bleary-eyed Redskins fans to our morning-after episode following night one of the 2018 NFL Draft, where we saw the Washington Redskins dip back into the Alabama pool of players to select Defensive Tackle Da'Ron Payne. On this episode of the show hosts Chad Ryan and Mark Phillips talk about how the first twelve picks of the draft shaped the board resulting in the Redskins taking Payne, what his selection means for the future of this franchise, and what Payne brings to this defense as an individual talent. We also dial up our pal Michael Phillips, Sports Editor of the Richmond Times-Dispatch, to get the firsthand account from ground-zero at Redskins HQ in Ashburn about what transpired, whether or not Payne truly was the top player on their draft board, and how this pick reflects on the philosophy that Doug Williams and Bruce Allen have taken in to the 2018 draft. 

This week saw the 2018 football offseason officially begin as the Washington Redskins players returned to Ashburn for their first round of offseason strength and conditioning workouts in team facilities this year! So things are finally starting to get exciting both locally with the Redskins, and nationally across the league as we get closer to next week's 2018 NFL draft, which we will talk about on today's show by continuing our theme from last week where we look at three potential first round picks for the Redskins by looking at notable mock drafts and talking about the players they've projected to Washington, and what each board looks like. Last week we spoke about Derrius Guice, Vita Vea and Derwin James. This week it's Da'Ron Payne, Denzel Ward and Tremaine Edmunds! Join hosts Chad Ryan, Mark Phillips, and Robbie Duncan as they talk about those three potential first round rookies as well as recapping all the Redskins news of the past week! Let us know on Twitter if you agree or disagree with anything we'v

On this episode of the Redskins Capital Connection, we are diving straight in to our draft coverage, but we're doing it in a slightly different way; we're looking at three of the more credible mock drafts doing the rounds each week and discussing who they have allocated to be the newest member of the Washington Redskins, looking at who they've left on the board for us, and how the player they've selected would fit here in DC! This week covers RB Derrius Guice, DT Vita Vea, and S Derwin James! Then later on in the show, the interview that many (many) of you asked for is finally here... Usually on the Redskins Capital Connection, host Chad Ryan tends to tone down his Australian eccentricities for the sake of his primarily American audience. But after the Washington Redskins signed free agent Australian Punter Sam Irwin-Hill, any chance of that persisting flew out the window.  Together with co-host Mark Phillips, we also of course cover off on all the pertinent news circling around Redskins headquarters at this