Standig Room Only: A show about the Washington Commanders and D.C. sports

The Athletic's Ben Standig recaps the first OTA session of the year and talks about the Washington Football Team crushing the offseason with The Athletic's Football Show podcast host, Robert Mays. Ben opens the show sharing his thoughts on Tuesday's activity in Ashburn. Where were Chase Young and Montez Sweat? How did the quarterbacks look? There's also post-practice Zoom audio from Ryan Fitzpatri...

The Athletic's Ben Standig is back for a new episode to discuss the release of starting right tackle Morgan Moses. Details on the tick tock, what went down, what this means for the offensive line and Ron Rivera's power. Plus Scott Jackson joins the pod to share his view on Moses, Sam Cosmi and the now-released Geron Christian. Also, make to catch Ben's interview earlier this week with offensive co...

The Athletic's Ben Standig welcomes Washington Football Team offensive coordinator Scott Turner to the podcast, but with a topic twist. First, Ben and Matt Paras (Washington TImes) open the show discussing Ryan Kerrigan signing with the Eagles, details on Bobby McCain's contract, The Athletic's story on Washington's major renovation with the turf at FedEx Field and Wizards-Celtics (1:00). Then Tur...

The Athletic's Ben Standig recaps the Washington Football Team's rookie camp and explores all this depth and competition with Nicki Jhabvala from the Washington Post. Ben opens the show sharing a SRO podcast milestone and his thoughts on rookie camp and more WFT (2:15) before discussing the play-in-bound Washington Wizards (14:25). Then Nicki joins the pod. Biggest WFT questions remaining? Most in...

The Athletic's Ben Standig dives into the Washington Football Team's 2021 schedule and the impact of new left tackle Charles Leno with Bobby Bancroft (SB Nation). After opening the show with a breakdown of Leno's role and potential ripple effects across the line, Ben and Bobby have fun going through all 18 weeks of Washington's schedule, picking wins and losses along the way. Toughest stretch? Tra...

The Athletic's Ben Standig welcomes NFL Insider Jason La Canfora (CBS Sports) and North Carolina OC Phil Longo to the podcast. Ben opens the show with some Washington Football Talk updates and dives into the now incredibly entertaining Washington Wizards headlined by triple-double king Russell Westbrook and Bradley Beal. Then Jason joins the show to talk about Washington's league-wide reputation u...

Guests: Mark Stoops, Mark Bullock. ... The Athletic's Ben Standig opens the show with the breaking news of Washington meeting with former Bears LT Charles Leno Jr. A tackle upgrade or more options in case Brandon Scherff's situation goes south? Also visiting, ex-Dolphins safety Bobby McCain. Then Ben welcomes University of Kentucky coach Mark Stoops to share insight on Jamin Davis and memories of...

Guests: Jaret Patterson, Michael Phillips. ... The Athletic's Ben Standig welcomes new Washington RB and college football star Jaret Patterson to the podcast. They discuss Patterson's insane 409-yard rushing performance at Buffalo last season, growing up with Chase Young, overcoming obstacles at every football level and competing for a WFT roster spot (4:05). Then Michael Phillips from the Richmon...

Guests: Bruce Feldman, Grant Paulsen The Athletic's Ben Standig is back for a post-NFL Draft episode. After Ben opens the show with some notes on targets acquired and lost, he welcomes The Athletic's senior college football writer Bruce Feldman, who wrote profiles on Jamin Davis on Sam Cosmi and a 2022 QB target to know now that Washington skipped drafting a passer (11:53). Then Grant Paulsen from...

The Athletic's Ben Standig previews the NFL Draft one final time before Thursday's start and focuses on the Washington Football Team with guest Burgundy Blog. The fellas discuss Justin Fields, Davis Mills and the logic behind WFT drafting or not drafting a quarterback, They also explore how Tuesday's trade for Ereck Flowers altered Ben's mock draft plan, and review Ben's new 3-way, 7-round Washing...

Guests: Tony Pauline, Penei Sewell. ... It's NFL Draft week! The Athletic's Ben Standig opens the episode going through his entire first-round mock draft with a focus on potential trades, league-wide buzz and options for Washington at 19 including a surprise and sleeper target. Ben also gets into Day 2 and 3 names to consider for WFT (1:48). Then draft analyst Tony Pauline joins the podcast to dis...

On the latest episode, The Athletic's Ben Standig begins with thoughts on what forecasts as a wild and confusing first round of the NFL Draft (2:05). Then Ben welcomes Washington Football Team punter Tress Way, who updates everyone on returning to (virtual) practices, punter life without Nick Sundberg, and why he sees this team taking another step forward under Ron Rivera (14:10). Last but not lea...

Guests: Danny Kelly (The Ringer), Matthew Paras (Washington Times). The Athletic's Ben Standig is back for another episode of the podcast, starting with a reading-between-the-lines of Friday's pre-draft press conference with Washington Football Team coach Ron Rivera and GM Martin Mayhew. Ben and Matt Paras ponder clues about a potential QB draft plan, options at 19 and Landon Collins' future. Then...

The Athletic's Ben Standig welcomes to the podcast Kentucky LB Jamin Davis (9:56) to discuss his rise into the first-round conversation, his love of NASCAR and his NFL fit. Then it's The Athletic's Pete Sampson to talk Notre Dame draft prospects including LB Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah and OT Liam Eichenberg (25:45). Lastly, ESPN personality and friend of the podcast Monica McNutt on her rising career...

The Athletic's Ben Standig welcomes Evan Silva (Establish The Run) to the podcast as the NFL mock draft champs pick the entire 2021 first round. Ben opens the episode with his thoughts on the report of the Washington Football Team possibly making an aggressive trade for QB Trey Lance (2:15). Then Evan joins the conversation as the fellas alternate picks 1-32 and explain each selection in detail. W...

The Athletic's Ben Standig welcomes Stanford coach David Shaw and podcaster/analyst Al Galdi to the "Standig Room Only" podcast. Ben and the college coach discuss QB Davis Mills and other Stanford players entering the NFL Draft, why NFL teams including those coached by Ron Rivera gravitate toward prospects from the Pac 12 program, Shaw's coaching future and more. Then Ben and Al talk WFT. If Washi...

The Athletic's Ben Standig reveals his 2021 NFL 1st round mock draft by looking at the pivot points in picks 1-32. Ben opens the show reacting to Monday's trade that sends Sam Darnold to the Panthers before welcoming Brendan Darr from the Team 980 to dive into the mock draft. The fellas discuss where the quarterbacks will go, Washington's options at 19 and lots more (9:10). Then the conversation s...

Big episode of the podcast as The Athletic's Ben Standig talks 2021 draft with the great Greg Cosell from NFL Films and Over The Cap's Jason Fitzgerald. Ben opened the episode recapping Ron Rivera's latest news conference including views on the QB competition, Brandon Scherff and Saahdiq Charles. Then Greg Cosell joins the pod for a deep dive into 2021 draft prospects including Trey Lance, Jamin D...

The Athletic's Ben Standig starts solo talking about the Washington Football Team and NFL mock draft season. Specifically, how picks 1-18 may unfold and what that does for WFT at 19. Topics include where the projected top-5 quarterbacks land, how the weekend trades involving the 49ers and Dolphins alter the draft, plus insight into prospects including Devonta Smith, Christian Darrisaw and Jeremiah...

The Athletic's Ben Standig goes hyperlocal and hopefully helps everyone get a bit smarter with guests Dan Hellie and Irwin Kishner. After Ben opens the show with some depth chart talk including a possible Taysom Hill role for Steven Montez, he talks about the latest reporting on Washington Football Team owner Dan Snyder set to buy out his minority partners and what this means for future control of...

The Athletic's Ben Standig is joined by film analyst Mark Bullock to ponder what's happened and what's next for the Washington Football Team this offseason. The fellas discuss possible next steps for Washington in free agency, including linebackers, defensive backs, offensive line and quarterback. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Athletic's Ben Standig is joined the Washington Post's Les Carpenter to talk Washington Football Team and free agency. After Ben's opening remarks on Curtis Samuel and other WFT tidbits, Les joins the conversation to gab about how Ryan Fitzpatrick's stellar opening press conference showed why Ron Rivera desired him here. The guys also discuss the long-term QB plan, the symbolism of Nick Sundbe...

Another jammed-packed episode of the podcast with NFL analyst Ross Tucker, Bengals insider Jay Morrison and The Athletic's Rhiannon Walker and Zac Boyer join The Athletic's Ben Standig to discuss free agency. Ben and Ross analyze all aspects of Washington signing Ryan Fitzpatrick and whether keeping Brandon Scherff on any kind of deal makes sense. Then the Washington beat trio of Ben, Rhiannon and...

The Athletic's Ben Standig is back - and so is former Washington head coach Jay Gruden to help preview next week's free agency. First, Ben opens the podcast making predictions/guesses about what Washington does in free agency and the draft with thoughts on the QB plan, first-round target, Ronald Darby and more. Then Gruden joins the discussion to share his insight into what happens heading into fr...

The Athletic's Ben Standig is back on the mic to analyze Washington Football Team coach Ron Rivera's Wednesday press conference and discuss NFL free agency. After Ben shares his reporting on QB Kyle Allen receiving his free-agent tender, he and Michael Phillips (Richmond Times-Dispatch) each share their takeaways from their time with Ron including Brandon Scherff's future and the QB plan (3:10). T...