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Camp Coverage – July 30
Saturday, July 30th, 2011Camp coverage – July 30, 2011
Year of the Rak
Brian Orakpo celebrated his birthday weekend by working out in training camp under a hot sun. Orakpo has looked good so far in one-on-one line drills. He’s been going up against Trent Williams and making his share of plays.
Orakpo believes that he is ready to take his game to another level of performance. He believes continuity will get him there.
“I’m very excited about the opportunity, second year in the defense,” he said. “It’s funny because ever since I started college I’ve had a different coordinator every year. And it translated in to the NFL as well. So this will be the first time I’ve had back-to-back in a system.”
The other thing he likes is the new additions to the line in Barry Cofield and Stephen Bowen. When asked what they bring to the defense, Orakpo describes it using just one word.
“Havoc,” he said. “Big guys up front, taking up bodies, making some big plays. When I see Cofield, we’ve been knowing what he and [Chris] Canty did with the Giants. He’s a phenomenal player.”
Then there’s Trent
The guy Orakpo has been facing in practice is second year player Trent Williams. Williams is working hard to refine his technique this preseason, but believes he is worlds better than last year when he came in as a 1st round draft selection.
Skinscast does training camp
Friday, July 29th, 2011Skinscast will be covering the first week of training camp at Redskins Park. You can follow along on twitter @skinscast.
We look forward to interacting with you!
Lockout over – time to get to work
Monday, July 25th, 2011As all of you know, the NFL lockout ended yesterday. And as an added bonus, the league allowed teams to begin to come to terms with undrafted free agents (though none can sign until later, nor practice until August 4th). Washington reportedly took advantage of the return to operations by coming to terms with Florida Safety Will Hill. Grabbing a defender to start is appropriate given the challenges the defense faced last year.
We at Skinscast are looking forward to the new season. The next few weeks in particular stand to be a very exciting time, with free agency, training camp, and the preseason underway simultaneously. Talk about football overload.
Skinscast will do our part by spending two hours every week breaking down the new additions to the roster, and their performance on the field. Before you know it, the season will begin and we will take you through each and every week – giving you a great mix of behind the scenes reporting, analysis and commentary. And there will probably be a few laughs along the way.
So sit back and enjoy the return of football. After the long offseason, it looks to be a very happy new year.
Release: Skinscast Joins E.Y.E.S. Radio Network and Football News Now
Friday, July 1st, 2011PRESS RELEASE
July 01, 2011
Skinscast Joins E.Y.E.S. Radio Network and Football News Now
#1 Redskins-related Podcast Joins New Network
Skinscast is pleased to announce they are joining the new E.Y.E.S. Radio Network on FootballNewsNow.com.
The weekly two-hour broadcast will debut on Thursday, July 7 from 2-4 p.m. ET.
Skinscast will stream online at EYESRadio.com and FootballNewsNow.com, as well as on Skinscast.com. The broadcast is also available as a podcast on iTunes.
“We are extremely excited about joining the E.Y.E.S. Radio Network,” said John Pappas, founder of Skinscast. “We fully support the positive concept of the network, and are looking forward to working alongside the great talent the network has already assembled.
“We are certain Skinscast will appeal to the type of listeners who will be drawn to E.Y.E.S. At the same time, we believe the thousands of Skinscast listeners will appreciate the other high quality content being offered on the network.”
“As soon as we heard about the opportunity, we wanted to be part of it,” said Brian Reffkin, co-founder of Skinscast. “We’ve spent five years building a great product, and E.Y.E.S. will be a perfect showcase for us.”
“Skinscast fits perfectly with what we’re doing at E.Y.E.S. and FootballNewsNow.com,” said FNN Media founder, Chuck Carroll who will host The Morning Spin on the network. “We have a strong relationship with the Redskins fan base and we’re very excited to have this crew be part of our team. Skinscast will help provide well-rounded Redskins coverage with Larry Weisman and offensive lineman Clint Oldenburg also on the network.”
