Episode 1,033: Deebo Samuel Sr. addresses "dawg mentality," motivation and weight in intro presser and more

The Al Galdi Podcast

Al Galdi

Football, Baseball, Sports, Basketball

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🗓️ 21 March 2025

⏱️ 45 minutes

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10:29 - Commanders: analysis of key comments from receiver Deebo Samuel Sr. at his introductory press conference, including Samuel on why he wanted to be traded to the Commanders, what he brings to the Commanders, him supposedly having been overweight in the 2024 season, his motivation level for the 2025 season, the Commanders having re-worked his contract and more 21:48 - Commanders: discussion of the Commanders signing receiver Michael Gallup as he comes out of retirement and of telling comments from punter Tress Way on the Commanders' culture 33:14 - Capitals: a salute to the Caps for clinching a playoff spot for a 34th time in 42 seasons...and breakdown of a 3-2 win over the Philadelphia Flyers as Caps top-line left wing Alex Ovechkin scored a first-period even-strength goal to move to being just seven goals shy of surpassing Wayne Gretzky's record of 894 career NHL regular-season goals 39:12 - College Basketball: reaction to the turmoil at Maryland between head coach Kevin Willard and director of athletics Damon Evans as the Terrapins prepare to play in the NCAA Tournament...and thoughts on VCU's season ending via the No. 11-seeded Rams' 80-71 loss to No. 6-seeded BYU as VCU head coach Ryan Odom may be leaving to become Virginia's head coach The Nace Law Group, Accident & Injury Lawyers - 202-902-7611 and make sure that you mention that Al Galdi sent you Download the PrizePicks app and use the promo code "Galdi" for $50 instantly after you play your first $5 lineup For advertising inquiries, email [email protected] Please note that time stamps may be slightly off depending on rotating national ads

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0:00.0	And away we go, episode one thousand thirty-three of the Al-Galdi podcast.
0:21.6	It is Friday, March 21st, 2025, and the record is no more.
0:27.0	The Josh Harris Group's purchase of the commanders for $6.05 billion in July 2020, no longer
0:33.3	stands as the most expensive sports team purchase in North American sports history.
0:38.0	We on Thursday morning had reports that a group led by Bill Chisholm, managing partner at
0:43.1	Symphony Technology Group, has agreed to purchase the Boston Celtics at a $6.1 billion
0:50.2	valuation. That is a whopper of a sale price for the Celtics. The NBA is not the
0:57.5	NFL. So for an NBA team, even one is storied as the Celtics to go for more than any team
1:03.6	in North American sports history is impressive. And yeah, our NFL team no longer holds the
1:10.2	record, the championship belt for most
1:12.5	expensive sports team sale price in North American sports history. Hello and welcome to this
1:17.3	Friday installment of the Al-Galdi podcast. Well, I'm not sure if commanders managing partner,
1:21.8	Josh Harris, is happy or mad about that record being broken. I do know that he is hoping that receiver Debo Samuel
1:29.1	Senior does well for the commanders. So we on Thursday afternoon had Samuel's introductory
1:33.9	press conference for the commanders. Next segment, reaction to the best of what he had to say,
1:38.6	including Samuel on why he wanted to be traded to the commanders, what he brings to the commanders, him supposedly
1:45.5	having been overweight this past season, his motivation level for this coming season, the commanders
1:51.4	having reworked his contract, and more. We on Monday afternoon had the introductory press
1:56.9	conference for the commander's new starting left tackle Laramie Tunsell. We on Thursday afternoon had the introductory press conference for the commander's new starting left tackle Laramie Tunsell. We on Thursday afternoon
2:01.7	had the introductory press conference for the commander's other big trade acquisition so far this
2:07.0	offseason. Debo Samuel, in-depth discussion next segment. And then after our Debo Samuel segment,
2:13.4	I'll talk about another new receiver for the commanders. Former Dallas Cowboys receiver, Michael Gallup.
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