Tae & Todd Washington Football Podcast

In our latest episode we take a look dissect some of the latest news and notes from minicamp this week. After that, we choose who we think is "in" and who we think is "out" at the WR position.

Matt Miller, of Bleacher Report and ESPN fame, joins the show to breakdown the Washington Football Team's 2021 NFL draft class. He talks about his favorite picks, his sleeper for most productive rookie, and how the team is viewed in a different light under the leadership of Ron Rivera.

The Washington Football Team world was shocked by news of a potential Morgan Moses trade or release on Tuesday, 5/18. It appears his time with Washington will soon come to an end. We break that down and talk about what Ryan Kerrigan going to the Eagles means. 

After a 2 week break, we're back to discuss the draft, examine the teams offseason and review the schedule!  We each choose our favorite pick from the draft and dive into why we like the selection. After that, we look back at the offseason and talk about how the team has improved going into the 2021 season. We close out the episode by discussing what stood out most for the teams schedule.

In our last episode before the 2021 NFL Draft takes place, we go from pick 1-32 and look at what position/player/move each team will pursue. We also make our final predictions as to what we think Washington will do in the 1st round of the draft. 

In our second to last episode before the draft, we cover as many topics as we can. We talk about how we enjoy watching the draft and what our #1 ideal scenario is for Washington. Then we touch on some questions we could ask prospects if we were in the GM chair. Looking back at the 2020 draft and knowing what we know now, would you still take Chase Young or would you draft Herbert or Burrow? Also, we touch on some late round RBs we'd like Washington to take a look at as a yin to Antonio Gibson's yang. All that and much more as we inch closer and closer to the 2021 NFL draft!

The NFL draft is only a couple weeks away. In this episode we look at mock drafts from ESPN, NFL Network, Sports Illustrated, CBS Sports, The Draft Network, ProFootball Network and others and rate our excitement level 1-10 for each player selected. JOK at 19? Trey Lance at 9? Jamin Davis at 27? Find out which picks we'd be most excited about and which ones will make us yawn.

On this week's episode we propose a number of scenarios in the 1st round and talk about all the possible scenarios for Washington. We each provide players, non-QBs, who we'd trade up for in the 1st round. What players could slide that would entice us to make a not so costly move up. What players would have us on cloud nine after day one and what players we would hate. Would we like Washington to draft a QB in the second or third round? We cover it all. 

The new NFL league year has officially begun and Washington ended the first day of the year with a splash at WR! The swiss army knife, Curtis Samuel, will be wearing burgundy and gold in the fall. We talk about what we like about the signing and also what direction the team should go at QB going forward. 

On day 2 of the negotiating, the Washington Football Team signed CB Williams Jackson from the Cincinnati Bengals. We break what we think that means for the defense as a whole and how it could alter their defensive identity. We also touch on the re-signings of Lamar Miller and David Sharpe and longtime long snapper Nick Sundberg not being re-signed. 

NFL free agency has begun.. kinda. There's a new QB in town for the 2021 season and, if nothing else, he'll add more excitement to the offense. We discuss what we like and dislike about the Fitzpatrick signing. How it will affect their strategy in the draft as it pertains to QB? We also touch on the losses of Ronald Darby and Kevin Pierre-Louis and an update on the Brandon Scherff situation.

NFL Insider Benjamin Allbright sits down with us to answer all of the major questions leading up to the new NFL league year and official start to free agency. Will Washington tag or re-sign Scherff? Which top WRs become free agents? What's the talk around Sam Darnold? What positions will Washington target in free agency? Ben has sources all around the league so when he talks it's usually more than just an opinion. 

Phoenix Sproles, wide receiver for the North Dakota State Bison and former teammate/roommate of Trey Lance talks about his path NDSU, his future goals and everything Trey Lance. Find out what Lance does for fun, his work ethic, his leadership style and why he will succeed in the NFL.

In our last episode for February, we make predictions about what we think the team will do this offseason. From signing a big money linebacker to trading up in the draft. We do our best to predict how they'll go about improving the team in 2021.

In this week's episode, we look back at a number of trades since 2012 to get a clear idea of what the cost would be if Washington wanted to trade up in the upcoming NFL draft. The price may not be as high as you think. Washington is in dire need of a quarterback who can be the leader of the team. This year is the year to be aggressive about acquiring that player. It may not be possible, but we think they'll be trying to move up in the draft. 

Stephanie Otey has covered Ohio State football for years and has an inside look at several players who are draft eligible this year. She drops some nuggets on Justin Fields as a leader and names a player whose leadership abilities compare with his own. She also talks about how he handles losing and what he does outside of football. She fully sells Tae on Justin Fields as the QB of the future. 

Martin Mayhew and Marty Hurney finally sat down with the media to answer questions and address offseason plans. We discuss our takeaways from the press conference and what things stood out to us most. We also breakdown the free agent WR class and discuss what options we view as realistic for the team. Should the team make a run at Derek Carr? Will they make a run at Derek Carr? We discuss what we would do and what we think the team will do.

Nate Coleman from Full Press Coverage joins the show to give us some names to keep an eye on from Senior Bowl week. We also discuss the fallout from the Matthew Stafford trade and what it means for Washington's QB plans going forward. Should Washington re-sign Brandon Scherff at $15 million/year? Even in the offseason, there's plenty to talk about. 

In our first official episode of the offseason we analyze the hirings of Martin Mayhew as GM and Marty Hurney as Executive Vice President of Football & Player Personnel. We also do our first mock offseasons. Who we would sign/re-sign, what positions we'd target in the draft and what we would do to settle the QB position. 

In our final episode of the Washington Football Team's season, we talk about Taylor Heinicke's incredible performance, the defense falling flat, and the terrible officiating. We also discuss what we think the plan for the offseason is regarding QB. Trade? Free agent? Draft? Finally, we look back at the season game-by-game and talk about each game. What happened, what went right, what went wrong, and when the season started to turn around. Up next: the offseason.

It's playoff time! For the first time since 2015, the Washington Football Team are in the tournament. We discuss the advantages each team has and what it will take for Washington to keep up offensively. We also discuss Deshaun Watson and what fair trade compensation would. Would we be willing to give up what it would take you acquire him?

For the first time in 5 years, the Washington Football Team have won the NFC East. We talk about what it means for the team going forward and how  they can sustain this and build off of it going into 2021. We also grade the job Ron Rivera has done in his first year with the team and take a look at some statistical accomplishments by young players on the team.

In our final game preview of the regular season, we're serenaded by Tae's little brother on the violin as we discuss why we think Washington will beat the Eagles. What, if anything, scares us about the severely injured team in Philadelphia and what the wild card playoff scenarios are. Also, we provide out input to the question 'if Alex Smith asked us what he should do once the season is over'. 

In a 911 version of our show, we discuss the release of Dwayne Haskins and what it means for the team going forward.

Dwayne Haskins is done in DC. The experiment is over. We discuss why, what went wrong and point the figure at who's most to blame (hint: it's Haskins). We also discuss week 17 scenarios and we had to touch on this game resulting in a potential 12 spot swing in draft position. Is winning the division at 7-9 and making the playoffs really worth it over having the opportunity to easily address the most important position on the field? We discuss all that and more.

Following the loss to the Seahawks we divvy up blame for the loss and spend a lot of time talking about Dwayne Haskins first start since week 4. 

In our week 15 preview we welcome Nathan Coleman from Full Press Coverage to join us and talk about things we "Need to Know" about the Seahawks going into the game. We also spend a lot of time discussing Dwayne Haskins, Alex Smith and the QB of the future conversation. 

In our week 14 recap we talk about our main takeaways from the dominant performance by Chase Young and the defense. We also discuss the QB position and what we'd like to see in the offseason.

In our week 14 preview episode, we each talk about our key to winning the game, how much of a threat the 49ers are and if there's any juice to Kyle Shanahan, Trent Williams, Jordan Reed storyline. Tae also has a (kind of) bold and we do our usual "Wins of the Week." Brought to you by Hot Chikn Kitchn!

WASHINGTON WINS! We discuss how meaningful the  victory against the undefeated Steelers was. We make predictions for the last 4 games of the season and try to remember the last time Washington won a game this meaningful. And for the first time ever, we also have a number of fans of the show join us and tell us how they felt after the victory!

Coming off of the Washington Football Team's destruction of the Dallas Cowboys, we discuss the many things we love and the few things we hated from the game. We also discuss playoff scenarios and look at the last 5 games of the season to get an idea of what their final record may be.

We discuss how nice it is for Washington, even at 3-7, to be playing meaningful football on Thanksgiving. How long has it been since their last game this big? Plus, would you rather take Adam Thielen or Terry McLaurin and how big is a need is WR going into 2021? 

While sitting in a booth at Hot Chikn Kitchn, we discuss the win over the Bengals and one word we'd use to describe how the win made us feel. Player of the week and whether or not the playoffs are something we should even be discussing. 

We discuss what we need to see from the team over the last 7 games and whether or not playoffs should still be in the conversation.

Senior Vice President of Media and Content Julie Donaldson joins the show to discuss her background in broadcast journalism, some of her favorite things, moments in her life that helped her get to this point and much more! She also names a young player she's been most impressed with, a player who isn't being talked about and what the energy is like inside of Washington Football Team park right now. It was a very insightful conversation that included much more than just football. We hope you enjoy!

We discuss our biggest positive and negative takeaways from the game while also discussing how this loss could possibly be a positive come April. 

We discuss that the Washington Football Team will never be good until they have a franchise QB. And some other things too.

From Dak Prescott to Terry McLaurin to Joe Judge, we discuss everything going on in the NFC East. Mainly, we discuss the final 9 games and provide our predictions for each matchup!

Was the win over the Cowboys real or fake? We discuss.

It's Dallas week! We discuss whether the terrible Dallas defense or terrible Washington offense will have their game this week. Also, does Washington have more to gain by winning or losing? All that and more. 

In our week 6 recap, we each talk about how we're feeling about the state of the team at 1-5. You might be a bit surprised by our one word that describes how we're feeling.

After being missing in action, we return to briefly discuss what's at stake in this week 6  matchup vs the Giants.

We breakdown the 3-1 Rams team and talk about our expectations for Kyle Allen in his first start with Washington.

We discuss the news of the day. The benching of Dwayne Haskins.