ASHBURN, Va. – Playing on the road has its benefits: A team can bond more because they’re in hostile surroundings. Then again, for the Washington Redskins, they’ve only won one road game since the start of the 2014 season, so it hasn’t exactly served as a terrific bonding experience.

Still, it’s not viewed as torture for Washington Redskins cornerback Will Blackmon. He likes playing on the road. For Blackmon, playing at New England represents a homecoming: He grew up in Providence, Rhode Island, and played at Boston College. But he’s never played a game in Foxboro, Massachusetts.

Here’s what he says about playing away from home as part of the occasional Life in the NFL series:

How different it is playing on the road: “It’s different in that you truly have to rally around your team. It’s us vs. everything else and I think that’s a rush. It brings out the best in you. It’s important to pull together and try to make it happen. Since I was a little kid, I’ve always liked going on the road and seeing different venues.”

Favorite places to play: "I like Green Bay. I went there as a visitor and then played there. I liked Denver, too. That was cool. I liked Green Bay because I love football and that’s Football 101 in terms of history. That’s what did it for me. It was all that and how invested those people are. You drive through Green Bay on game days and no one’s on the road. It’s that serious. And I just thought Denver was nice and how it’s in the mountains. Another one of my favorite places was Minnesota, when I was with Green Bay. That was such a war. I scored a touchdown and jumped in the stands and they threw a beer on me. It was my favorite place until I tore my knee there.”

Quieting the crowd: “I wasn’t really that huge on trying to silence the crowd. I love chaos. I love the roars. I do like the silence of when they’re screaming on third down and boom we get a pick and now they’re quiet. That part is cool. But I don’t hear anything, man. For most of my career I was a punt returner and I didn’t hear anything because I was so locked in.”

Coming out of the tunnel: “You’re just walking into their dungeon and you just say, ‘It’s go time.’ You feel locked in more because you’re going into someone else’s place whereas when you’re at home, it’s almost like, 'I’m home, I feel good, I’m real comfortable.' But when you go out there – especially in a place like Atlanta and you see nothing but red and black – and you know everything’s against you and you’ve got to bring it. Fans are yelling, but I have no idea what they’re saying. You can say anything you want and I’m sure they’ve said it, but you don’t hear them.”