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Chester Enjoying A Charitable Offseason

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Redskins guard Chris Chester is one of the important returning cogs in the Redskins offense. Recognized for his durability and gritty play, Chester has yet to miss a game in his two seasons with Washington.

This dedication carries over into his personal life off the field.

During the offseason, Chester reached out to the Northern Virginia Community Foundation, which supports growing philanthropic efforts that help strengthen the community. The foundation connected Chester with a program called ReSET, which focuses on improving STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) development in high school curriculums.

Chester says he was inspired to contibute to ReSET after reading Hot, Flat and Crowded and That Used to Be Us by Thomas Friedman.

Furthering his philanthropathic ways, Chester also donated $5,000 to the athletic department of Broken Bow High School, his wife’s high school in Oklahoma.

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Redskins Social Media Weekly Spotlight

Welcome to your weekly Redskins Social Media Spotlight, where we highlight the trendy topics and social media campaigns going on this week in Redskins Nation. Check it out and make suggestions below.

As we continue to bring you updates each week to let you know how Redskins players are spending their offseason, we’re happy to inform fans that players are beginning to slowly trickle back in to Redskins Park after a few months away following the season. Believe it or not, the draft is a little more than a month away which means that OTAs and Redskins football is just around the corner.

In the meantime, we’re here to at least try and keep you engaged until that time comes.

You can check out last week’s Social Media Spotlight which debated the hot topic of whether it’s acceptable for men to wear yoga pants at the gym (still undecided) as well as recapped LB Ryan Kerrigan and K Kai Forbath’s golf outing, QB Robert Griffin III and Baylor’s upset over #4 Kansas, and LB London Fletcher announcing, via Twitter, his plans to return.

This week, we’ll catch a glimpse of WR Dezmon Briscoe working out and working hard, including what Griffin III thinks about the wide receiver’s workout. We’ll also take a look at DE Jarvis Jenkins’s inspirational quote, Kai Forbath’s comments on the return of LS Nick Sundberg and P Sav Rocca, and, last but not least, we’ll bring you WR Pierre Garçon’s take on March Madness.

Plus, does anyone remember the movie Space Jam? We sure do and so does G Chris Chester. We’ll let Chris give his thoughts on Bill Murray’s role in the film and more. Welcome to this week’s Redskins Social Media Weekly Spotlight!

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Redskins Social Media Weekly Spotlight

Welcome to your weekly Redskins Social Media Spotlight, where we highlight the trendy topics and social media campaigns going on this week in Redskins Nation. Check it out and make suggestions below.

Last week’s Social Media Weekly Spotlight covered WR Niles Paul and his former Nebraska Cornhusker teammates doing the Harlem Shake, NT Chris Baker’s plea for 10k Twitter followers as well as a mural from Washington D.C.’s own WR Joshua Morgan.

Admittedly so, most people probably don’t get as far as clicking the link to read these weekly social media updates. Contrarily, some of you may be reading this and say, ‘Who cares about the Redskins Social Media Weekly Spotlight?’ To that, we say that it’s time to start taking social media seriously.

Fact of the matter is that social media has rapidly integrated itself into our everyday lives.

For those of you who continue to read, here’s a look at K Kai Forbath and LB Ryan Kerrigan as they hit the links, QB Robert Griffin III’s return to Baylor, LB London Fletcher‘s preparation for season 16 and G Chris Chester‘s odd, and forgettable, experience at his local gym.

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Teammates Congratulate Griffin III

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On Saturday, quarterback Robert Griffin III wrapped up his phenomenal rookie campaign winning the Associated Press Offensive Rookie of the Year award over fellow first-year studs Andrew Luck and Russell Wilson.

The award is just icing on the cake for the quarterback. He smashed his way into the record books the moment he put on his number 10 Redskins jersey.

In his professional debut in New Orleans, he tossed a pair of  touchdown passes in a 40-32 victory over the Saints. He capped off his season leading the team to its first NFC East title in 13 years.

He amassed 20 touchdowns, 3,200 yards, and a 102.4 quarterback rating  through the air along with 815 yards and seven touchdowns on the ground in 15 regular season games.

Griffin III was instrumental in revolutionizing Washington’s offense. He was the catalyst of a top five unit that led the league in rushing with 169.3 yards per game.

While Robert rightfully deserved the accolade for his accomplishments, football is the ultimate team sport. He is just one of 53 men who make up the Washington Redskins on game days.

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‘Distinguished’ Chester Ready For 2012

With a full year of experience with the Washington Redskins behind him, veteran offensive lineman Chris Chester is primed for a strong 2012 season.

The only Redskins’ offensive lineman to start all 16 games at the same position last season, Chester settled in at right guard and quickly learned coach Mike Shanahan’s zone-blocking scheme.

Chester – who played collegiately at Oklahoma before spending five years with the Baltimore Ravens – was also key to the successful rookie seasons of running backs Roy Helu Jr. and Evan Royster, who combined to rush for 968 yards in 2011, oftentimes by running through Chester’s blocks.

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Redskins Madden ’12 Week 17 Updates

As the Washington Redskins get set to enter the final week of the 2011 regular season, it’s time for your 2011 virtual Redskins to do the same.  It’s been a big year for improvement in this group, as many players have taken giant steps forward.

Of the more than 275 changes made to the game this week, the Redskins constitute 18 changes this week.  Here’s the Redskins rundown, via the EA Sports Blog: Read more »

Redskins Week 16 Madden ’12 Updates

Good morning Redskins gamers, and welcome to virtual and actual gameday–here are your virtual Redskins’ updates.  For some of you, this has been a weekly update that you can apply to your own Madden franchise throughout the season.  For others of you, this is a preview of what Santa will be delivering later tonight.

I could reveal which of you will be getting the game, but that would ruin the surprise.

The Redskins have had one of the most active rosters in the league for the second half of the season, which has been consistently reflected with the virtual Redskins as well.

Check out the full list of Redskins roster moves and alterations this week: Read more »

Week 14 Madden ’12 Redskins Updates

Alright Madden-heads, it’s time for your weekly Redskins updates.  With today’s obvious observation, the virtual Redskins are consistently given better marks when they win.  This week, following a loss, they get somewhat mixed results.

Check out the full list of Redskins moves and alterations this week: Read more »

Brian Orakpo Is A Man Of His Word

For those of you that don’t get to watch ESPN at work, Redskins outside linebacker Brian Orakpo appeared as a guess on ESPN’s “First Take” on September 22nd.  On the program, they discussed the upcoming matchup between Orakpo’s alma mater Texas and Oklahoma, with analyst Skip Bayless taking the Sooners in a landslide.

Orakpo took exception to the prediction, and laid down a friendly wager with Bayless.

Now, Orakpo may be good at on the gridiron, but I wouldn’t take him to Vegas with you.

After a 55-17 thumping of his Longhorns last Saturday, it was time for Orakpo to pay his dues:

Clearly, Orakpo is a really good sport, but it wasn’t necessarily the ESPN crew that gave him the hardest time.  Orakpo happens to be joined on the Redskins by three former Sooners: Trent Williams, Chris Chester, and Jammal Brown.

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Chester Shuts Down Old Texas Stadium

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Washington fans are said to have two favorite teams: the Redskins, and whoever is playing the Cowboys.

On Saturday, Dec. 20, 2008, every proud citizen in Redskins Nation was a die-hard Baltimore Ravens fan.

On the league’s network, on Saturday Night Football, Jerry Jones was closing Texas Stadium in Irving, Texas, and hand-picked the Ravens as the team to be the last victim in stadium history.

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The the title banners hung high in the rafters, and more than 100 former players, including 12 members of the Ring of Honor were trotted out on the field. Emmitt Smith, Roger Staubach and Jerry Jones were among the speakers.

Among the Ravens ranks, was offensive guard (and now Redskins guard) Chris Chester.

“The atmosphere, it almost felt like a playoff game,” he remembered.  ”It seemed like between every quarter, they were having some ceremony for retired players, retired numbers, and all these people that were famous were talking about the history. It definitely felt like a playoff atmosphere–it was that intense.”

No question it was a three-ring circus, befitting the closure of the Cowboys home.  But they forgot the bit about winning the football game.

Minor detail.

Trailing 0-7 after the first drive, Chester’s Ravens put the pedal to the metal and never looked back, turning out the lights on Texas Stadium with a convincing 33-24 victory.

The two plays that put the game away in the fourth quarter, were a 77-yard touchdown run by running back Willis McGahee, and an 82-yard run by fullback Le’Ron McClain.  Chester was part of a line that blew open huge holes on both runs.

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