For several hours on Wednesday afternoon in downtown Washington, D.C., the second floor of the Paralyzed Veterans of America building turned into video game central, connecting Redskins players with active duty and military veterans over a Madden NFL ’16 tournament.
Hosted by Redskins Salute, which partnered with USO Metro, the third annual “Pros vs. GI Joes” event welcomed -- and brought out the competitive nature of -- linebacker Ryan Kerrigan, defensive end Ricky Jean Francois and former running back Clinton Portis, each of whom spent the day interacting and playing against military members and speaking with a couple soldiers in Kuwait via Skype.