Episode 1,011: chat with J.I. Halsell on Jayden Daniels as $100M AAV QB, possible Watson/Garrett trade and more

The Al Galdi Podcast

Al Galdi

Football, Baseball, Sports, Basketball

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🗓️ 19 February 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

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16:25 - Guest: former Redskins salary-cap analyst J.I. Halsell on the Commanders' renaissance 2024 season, the value of having a great quarterback like Jayden Daniels on a rookie contract, the possibility of Daniels when he is extension-eligible in the 2027 offseason becoming the NFL's first player with a contract with an average annual value of $100 million, the notion of the Commanders taking on the albatross that is the contract of Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson as the trade compensation for Browns edge defender Myles Garrett, how and why the Super Bowl-champion Philadelphia Eagles are elite at salary-cap management, Commanders general manager Adam Peters doing so well in free agency in the 2024 offseason and more 43:18 - Nationals: discussion of comments from Nats managing principal owner Mark Lerner on the Lerner family's commitment to owning the Nats and on the team's spending on players 49:26 - Virginia Tech Basketball: reaction to a 54-36 loss at Boston College, marking the Hokies' fewest points in an ACC game ever and fewest points in any game since Feb. 18, 1967 Call Nova Fireplace And Stove at 571-513-3803, mention that Al Galdi sent you and receive $25 off any fireplace or chimney service Visit CateringByUptown.com and mention that Al Galdi sent you Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:51.8	It is Wednesday, February 19, 2025. It is the day after the Washington
0:57.5	commanders announced two coaching staff hires. The team on Tuesday afternoon announced the hiring
1:02.3	of Brian Schneider as assistant special teams coordinator and announced the hiring of Jesse Madden
1:07.9	as an offensive quality control coach.
1:11.1	The hiring of Brian Schneider we knew about.
1:13.4	It was on February 4th that we had reports that the commanders were hiring Schneider.
1:17.4	This says the replacement for John Glenn, who left his job as commander's assistant special teams coach to become the Oakland Raiders linebackers coach.
1:26.0	The hiring of Jesse Madden we had not known about.
1:29.5	Jesse Madden is the grandson of pro football Hall of Famer John Madden. Jesse Madden will
1:36.0	enter his first season in the NFL after graduating from the University of Michigan.
1:40.5	Madden at Michigan played quarterback in his freshman season before switching to defensive back.
1:45.4	He was a member of the Michigan team that won the college football playoff national championship for the 2023 season.
1:51.6	Also on that team, Commanders quarterback, Mikey San Francisco. Hello and welcome to this Wednesday installment of the Al Galdi podcast.
1:58.6	Should the commanders be willing to trade for Cleveland
2:03.4	Brown's quarterback Deshawn Watson in order to get Cleveland Brown's edge defender Miles Garrett.
2:13.1	A modest proposal, what I am calling a nuclear trade option. The idea would be to take Watson's
2:21.5	disaster of a contract as the quote-unquote trade compensation for Garrett, with Watson never
2:27.9	actually playing for the commanders. We on this podcast have talked about this scenario.
2:33.0	We next segment are going to get great analysis of this scenario from former Redskins' salary cap analyst,
2:39.9	J.I. wholesale.
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