Hail To The District Podcast

In a special two-part episode recapping the Washington Football Team's loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the 20201 NFC Wild Card Round, HTTD's Rajan Nanavati and Pat Rice give your their immediate and post-game reactions to the matchup, including the magnificent (if not legendary) performance by Taylor Heinecke. At 1:51, you'll hear Part 1, which features Pat and Rajan as fired up as you've ever...

HTTD's Rajan Nanavati and Pat Rice take joy in an otherwise ugly victory by the Washington Football Team against the Philadelphia Eagles, earning an NFC East division championship for Washington. In this episode, they discuss: Washington coming out on the winning end of a miserable football game and making no apologies about it (1:44), New York Giants having no right to whine and complain about th...

Dwayne Haskins' putrid performance in the Washington Football Team's loss against the Carolina Panthers left HTTD's Rajan Nanavati and Pat Rice fired up and fed up with the quarterback and the team's performance overall. The angry ranting about Haskins' wretched showing starts at the 17:43 mark. But, the rest of the post-game podcast discussion includes: this loss being arguably the worst loss of...

In Part 2 of the 2020-2021 NBA Preview podcast, HTTD's Rajan Nanavati is joined by good friends Neel and John, to give their thoughts on the NBA's Eastern Conference landscape. The conversation includes: the "last two (teams) in" under the new playoff format (1:42), where the Washington Wizards fit in in the Eastern Conference hierarchy (12:05), which Eastern Conference teams are the best and/or m...

With the 2020-2021 NBA season set to tip off, HTTD's Rajan Nanavati is joined by good friend and longtime HTTD contributor John for Part 1 of their annual NBA season preview, in which they discuss the NBA's Western Conference. Conversation topics include: the two teams they think will make the postseason in the West under the new playoff format (4:04), what to expect from the New Orleans Pelicans...

With the 4-game winning streak now over, HTTD's Pat Rice and Rajan Nanavati break down the Washington Football Team's loss to the Seattle Seahawks, and dive deep into the various takeaways from the game. Those include: opening and over-arching thoughts on the WFT's performance (2:02), Montez Sweat making another momentum-changing play (19:06), JD McKissic perhaps playing his best game as a member...

Reveling in the current four-game winning streak on which the Washington Football Team is riding, HTTD's Pat Rice and Rajan Nanavati recap the team's win over the San Francisco 49ers. They discuss: today's win against San Francisco officially being dubbed (by them) as "The Chase Young Game" (1:04), the underrated performance by the entire rushing offense (14:52), Why Washington fans need to stop h...

Overcome with joy after the enormous victory on Monday Night Football, HTTD's Rajan Nanavati and Patrick Rice discuss the Washington Football Team's massive win over the previously undefeated Pittsburgh Steelers. Topics include: the win being symbolic of the impact made by Ron Rivera's time in Washington (0:45), the impact made by Washington's duo of pass rushers in Chase Young and Montez Sweat (7...

In an emergency podcast session, HTTD's Rajan Nanavati is joined by good friends and longtime HTTD podcast contributors John and Neel to discuss the Washington Wizards acquiring Russell Westbrook from the Houston Rockets in exchange for John Wall. They discuss: their initial thoughts and reactions (1:26), the drivers for the Wizards trading Wall (7:43), the acquisition of Westbrook being in line w...

Coming out of the Thanksgiving holiday long weekend, HTTD's Rajan Nanavati provides his final thoughts regarding the Washington Football Team's win against the Dallas Cowboys, and looks ahead to the game against the Pittsburgh Steelers. He discusses: the three major plays that secured Washington's win against Dallas (2:01), if the sweep of the Dallas Cowboys is a sign of better things to come (12:...

HTTD's Rajan Nanavati and Patrick Rice provide their thoughts on the Washington Football Team's win against the Cincinnati Bengals. Their conversation includes: opening thoughts on the game given the circumstances of the win (0:32), reflecting on the ugly injury to Joe Burrow (8:39), Troy Apke once again being one of the worst parts of the Washington Football Team (12:13), Questioning Ron Rivera's...

HTTD's Rajan Nanavati is joined by longtime contributor Dash K to review the Washington Wizards' selection of Deni Avdija in the 2020 NBA Draft. They discuss: reasons for optimism for the pick of Avidja (1:14), what the selection of Avdija means for the future of the Wizards (12:38), drilling down on the concerns around Avdija's shooting (22:53), an extended look at the top 10/lottery selections i...

HTTD's Rajan Nanavati and Pat Rice return from their respective family obligations to review the Washington Football Team's loss to the Detroit Lions. They discuss: Washington coming out flat after a sloppy performance the previous week (0:38), finding positive from the outcome of the game (7:55), the poor play from Washington's linebackers (16:55), potential injury concerns at the offensive tackl...

HTTD's Rajan Nanavati laments the Washington Football Team's turnover-filled loss against the New York Giants. He discusses how the mental gaffes were so damaging in the loss (4:21), the difference in the running games of both teams (7:07), and ending any conversations about potentially winning the NFC East (12:47).

HTTD's Pat Rice looks back at the fact that the Washington Football Team made no moves at the 2020 NFL Trade Deadline, and tells you why that's a good thing. And as Pat will tell you, It was very unlikely that any team would surrender anything of value to the WFT players most often brought up in trade rumors.

HTTD's Rajan Nanavati examines the news of Ryan Kerrigan of the Washington Football Team (allegedly)requesting a trade. Did Kerrigan really request a trade? If so, should Washington trade him? What could they get in return for Kerrigan? And would such a return be worth it? Rajan reviews all of that, and more.

HTTD's Rajan Nanavati and Patrick Rice exuberantly recap and discuss the Washington Football Team's win against the hated Dallas Cowboys. Their discussion includes the revels of Washington beating Dallas (0:27), the ineptitude of the Dallas coaching staff (14:50), an under-discussed blemish in the WFT win (27:45), another strong performance by Antonio Gibson (34:41), Terry McLaurin once again prov...

HTTD's Rajan Nanavati and Pat Rice recap the Washington Football Team's loss to the New York Giants. Their conversation covers whether the Washington Football Team is officially the worst team in the NFL (4:23), the implications of Ron Rivera going for the two point conversion to win the game (7:54), some of Washington's standout performers in the loss (25:00), the problems with Offensive Coordina...

HTTD's Rajan Nanavati and Pat Rice struggle to find anything worth highlighting in the Washington Football Team's loss against the Los Angeles Rams this past Sunday. Their conversation includes the brutal truth about the Washington Football Team that we painfully learned again on Sunday (0:49), Sean McVay absolutely coaching circles around Washington (11:01), Ron Rivera's most unacceptable decisio...

Convening for an emergency podcast session, HTTD's Patrick Rice and Rajan Nanavati unload all of their thoughts in reaction to the news that Dwayne Haskins was demoted from the starting quarterback spot for the Washington Football Team. They discuss their initial reactions upon hearing the news (1:44), whether this move was a disciplinary measure towards Haskins or some type of greater cover-up (1...

HTTD's Rajan Nanavati highlights the performance of rookie running back Antonio Gibson of the WFT. He discusses the early season accolades that Gibson has earned so far, and how his success is directly attributable to an organization (finally) doing things the right way.

HTTD's Patrick Rice mans a solo mission in recapping the Washington Football Team's loss against the Baltimore Ravens, by a final score of 31-17. His recap includes his initial thoughts after the game and how the team didn't do enough to beat a much better team (1:03), the three positives coming out of the game (5:18), three of the uglier performances by players & position groups (9:19), the seemi...

HTTD's Rajan Nanavati and Patrick Rice discuss the few bright spots in the WFT's loss to the Cleveland Browns, before diving into the subject on everyone's mind -- quarterback Dwayne Haskins. They discuss their general takeaways from the loss (0:57), Antonio Gibson having arguably his best game as a rookie (15:08), and Montez Sweat having his best game as a member of the WFT (25:35), before taking...

HTTD's Rajan Nanavati and Patrick Rice take a look back at the Washington Football Team's loss to the Arizona Cardinals in Week 2 of the 2020 NFL season. They talk about putting the loss in perspective given the opponent the WFT faced (2:01), Terry McLaurin officially becoming one of the top WR's in the NFL (20:02), the horrifically problematic play of the offensive line (26:20), if Troy Apke is t...

HTTD's Rajan Nanavati and Patrick Rice assemble for another podcast, on the heels of the Washington Football Team's win over the Philadelphia Eagles in Week 1 of the 2020 NFL season. Their game recap podcast includes their immediate and emotionally elated reaction to the win (1:21), the outstanding work by both of the WFT's Coordinators (19:37), the dominant performance by the defensive line (28:0...