Hail To The District Podcast

In Part 2 of the 2022 season preview for the professional football team in Washington, HTTD's Rajan Nanavati and Pat Rice take a bit of a detour from the original plan, doing a walkthrough of Commanders' 2022 schedule and providing their final win-loss projections. Coversation highlights include: the slightly unorthodox nature of this episode (0:33), if the best team in the entire NFC resides in the NFC East (11:32), the potential buzz about Carson Wentz's return to Indianapolis (21:39), if Ron Rivera's success in November will manifest yet again (27:58), Rivera "playing possum" with key players to protect their season-long health (33:08), finally having (very) meaningful football taking place in DC in December and January (38:38), and the "friendly opposing quarterbacks" schedule that Washington has this year (47:34).

With the advent of the 2022 NFL season, HTTD's Rajan Nanavati and Pat Rice reconvene for their annual two-part preview of the professional football team in Washington (now known as the Commanders). In Part 1, they discuss the defense. They start with the secondary, including Rajan's irrational disdain for one of Washington's starters at the spot (3:03) and the top heavy but thin-on-depth cornerback spot (10:57). Next up is linebacker, in which they discuss the baffling trend of that position remaining the worst group on the team (22:40). Then they move onto the defensive line, talking about Montez Sweat being primed for a monster season after all the adversity he dealt with last year (33:17), DaRon Payne (maybe) still having long-term potential to remain in Washington as he also looks primed for a huge year (37:38), and if former defensive line coach Sam Mills was the reason that Matt Ioannidis left Washington. Finally, they wrap things up with a discussion of the lack of schematic diversity from Jack Del Ri

After something of a winter hiatus, HTTD's Rajan Nanavati and Pat Rice reconvene to provide their thoughts on each of the selections made by the Washington Commanders in the 2022 NFL Draft. They review each pick in reverse chronological order, starting with the Day 3 picks, then Day 2 picks, and finally Washington's first round pick in Jahan Dotson from Penn State.

HTTD's Patrick Rice provides his reaction to the official reveal of the new name "Washington Commanders." Said discussion includes his thoughts on the final name choice, the logo selected, and the crest; his preferred abbreviation for the team name; how and why he suddenly feels like he's rooting for an expansion team; and the only way this name change, in general, can be successful.

In the first podcast of 2022, HTTD's Rajan Nanavati and Pat Rice briefly discuss the Washington Football Team's second loss to the Philadelphia Eagles this season, before taking a step back and focusing on the big-picture questions that continue to remain for Washington.

HTTD's Rajan Nanavati tries to work through the carnage of the Washington Football Team's humiliating loss against the hated Dallas Cowboys, discussing what the loss means for both the short-term and long-term outlook for this team.

HTTD's Rajan Nanavati provides his post-game thoughts after the Washington Football Team lost to the Philadelphia Eagles, recapping the valiant but futile efforts by the hobbled WFT, and discussing what this means for the remainder of the WFT's season.

HTTD's Rajan Nanavati and Pat Rice reconvene to provide their thoughts on the Washington Football Team extending its current winning streak to four games, after defeating the Las Vegas Raiders. They discuss: The game being emblematic of a "Ron Rivera football team" (3:29); Taylor Heinicke having another "gamer" performance at quarterback (12:21), doing a complete 180 on the importance of Landon Collins to this WFT defense (21:24), the state of the tight end position after the injury to Logan Thomas (33:17), and discussing our thoughts on "Dallas week" being one of the biggest games in recent memory for this team (46:52).

HTTD's Rajan Nanavati goes solo in recapping the Washington Football Team's win over the Carolina Panthers on Sunday. His post-game thoughts includes the dominance of Washington's offensive line against Carolina (2:45), Terry McLaurin officially cementing himself as a top-10 wide receiver in the NFL (6:54), Washington's defensive game plan and performance being stellar for the second-straight week (10:38), and how a win against Seattle on Monday could actually firmly entrench Washington in the NFC playoff race (16:38).

HTTD's Rajan Nanavati and Pat Rice reconvene to revel in the Washington Football Team's incredible win over the defending Super Bowl champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers. They revel in the unbelievable 4th quarter drive that spanned 80 yards over 19 plays taking up 10:26 in time of possession (4:06), and discuss the standout performance by the much-maligned defense (16:12), what the performance by quarterback Taylor Heinicke last Sunday means for him going forward (31:16), and Ron Rivera's "rematch" against Cam Newton and the Carolina Panthers this weekend (39:17).

HTTD's Rajan Nanavati is re-joined by John F. to together lament about the Washington Football Team's loss against the Green Bay Packers. They discuss: the defense not being the major source of blame for the loss (1:26), Washington not being able to score points against Green Bay's defense -- including their historically-bad red zone defense (4:18), the perfect storm of problems on Washington's offense (7:22), Taylor Heinicke's shortcomings becoming increasingly magnified (12:03), the lack of quarterback talent in the 2022 NFL Draft (18:42), and the uninspiring names that could be available for Washington to upgrade the quarterback in the offseason (26:59).

With the 2021-2022 NBA season tipping off, HTTD's Rajan Nanavati brings back John and Neel for their annual preview podcast. In this year's edition, they discuss if Milwaukee is the odds-on favorite to win the Eastern Conference again (2:23), the looming disaster in Philadelphia caused by the Ben Simmons situation (6:21), Russell Westbrook's fit in Los Angeles (16:39), Luka Doncic and Jason Kidd feeling like a bad pairing in Dallas (23:54), if Phoenix can repeat their success from the most recent postseason (33:28), how will the Zion Williamson situation play out in New Orleans (40:58), predicting where Neel's Chicago Bulls finish in the East (49:31), and our thoughts on MVP wagers for this season (1:04:04).

After the daily (self-inflicted) PR disasters that have emerged out of Ashburn this week, headlined by the Sean Taylor jersey-retirement fiasco, HTTD's Patrick Rice perfectly sums up the anguish of being a fan of the Washington Football Team fan, as owner Daniel Snyder continues to destroy this once-beloved franchise.

In Part 1 of HTTD's two-part recap pod(s) for this week, a fired up Rajan Nanavati lays into the abysmal performance on defense by the Washington Football Team. He discusses the incompetent play -- and players -- on defense (1:35), the alarming breakdowns during the loss against the New Orleans Saints (7:31), and the looming massacre at the hands of the Kansas City Chiefs (11:55).

HTTD's Rajan Nanavati and Pat Rice reunite one day after the Washington Football Team's win over the Atlanta Falcons. Their recap conversation starts with the continually-growing excitement that comes from Taylor Heinicke at quarterback (0:52) and why there's potential to see him continue to evolve (10:24). They also discuss the integral roles of Antonio Gibson and JD McKissic on offense (19:26). From there, they discuss the rightfully maligned defense (23:00), including whether it's time to declare the need to make a change at defensive coordinator (24:52), the continued horrid play from the linebacker position (27:29), whether it's time to reduce the amount of playing time given to Landon Collins (29:10), and the effects of the scrutiny being applied to Chase Young (37:00). Finally, they provide their predictions for the game against New Orleans next week, especially in the context of the brutally-difficult remaining schedule (48:40).

While HTTD's Pat Rice and Rajan Nanavati weren't able to sync up for their usual weekly post-game podcast, both of them wanted (or needed) to get plenty of things off their respective chests, after the Washington Football Team's embarrassing loss to the Buffalo Bills.

HTTD's Rajan Nanavati and Pat Rice convened for a late-night postgame podcast immediately following the Washington Football Team's defeat of the New York Giants. Their free-flowing, unplanned conversation covers Washington's porous performance on defense, the poorly-coached New York Giants, Terry McLaurin proving to be a stud (yet again), and Taylor Heinicke himself proving to be QB1 for the Washington Football Team.

After (unintentionally) giving themselves a day to cool off after the Washington Football Team's loss to the Los Angeles Chargers in the opening game of the 2021 season, HTTD's Rajan Nanavati and Pat Rice convene to provide their thoughts on the game. They discuss: whether the Chargers were that good or Washington was that bad -- or both (1:15), if this was one of the worst performances by Washington's entire coaching staff (8:00), the struggles by different parts of the offensive line throughout the game (22:00), the jolt of "lightning" that Taylor Heinecke provided when he entered (28:52), the one significant concern about Heinecke being the official starting quarterback (35:56), and a quick look-ahead to Thursday's game against the New York Giants (44:14).

HTTD's Rajan Nanavati is joined by John F. to provide their thoughts and picks for over/under win totals for the AFC and NFC teams (with a particular focus on the latter). They discuss: their biggest lock prediction (3:38) and favorite division championship bets in the AFC (8:06), if the hometown favorite Washington Football Team should be considered the favorite in the NFC East (9:33), if the NFC North (35:23) and NFC South (51:35) are runaways for the current favorites, and which teams will meet or beat their projected win totals in the NFC West (1:18:16).

HTTD's Rajan Nanavati and Pat Rice reconvene for Part 2 of their 2021 season preview for the Washington Football Team, as they discuss the main storylines on offense. Said storylines include: the offensive line certainly being deeper but not necessarily better than last year's group (2:57), if we should expect any "growing pains" from rookie offensive lineman Sam Cosmi (11:20), Washington having one of its most versatile and dangerous groups of pass catchers in years (19:46), Terry McLaurin being an absolute stud of a wide receiver (22:22), sneaky potential at the backup tight end spot behind Logan Thomas (32:39), Antonio Gibson being a bona fide top-10 running back in the NFL (38:24), the expected roller coaster-ride with Ryan Fitzpatrick at quarterback (48:28), and official win-loss predictions for the 2021 WFT (1:00:32).