The Washington Wrap

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!

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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 of laughs and a lot of great football insight on today's RCC podcast - who says you can't have both?!

Listen out for the cameo from Nick Sundberg's dog, too.

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 in all, another fun show! Tell your friends!

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 telling your other Redskins friends and family to tune in, and don't forget to leave us a nice rating/review on the platform you listen to us through!

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 chance to reflect upon her time on the beat in a unique way, and is a great lens upon which to look at this organisation through.

Thanks as always for tuning in!

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 Redskins will be getting a bunch of compensatory picks in the 2019 draft!

PLUS this was the first podcast episode that we simultaneously broadcast live as we recorded it on Twitch, so in future you can listen in at twitch.tv/chadwiko for a good behind the scenes look at what goes in to making this podcast happen!

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 bring to this Redskins roster for 2018 and beyond!

It's a mega pod for a reason, folks! So strap in, get comfortable, and listen to a lot of detail about the eight newest players in the Burgundy and Gold!

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've said, or if you think we've got something plain wrong!

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 quiet time of the NFL years.

It's a good show!