Episode 1,054: preview of Commanders’ 2025 NFL Draft with Ben Standig of The Athletic and more

The Al Galdi Podcast

Al Galdi

Football, Baseball, Sports, Basketball

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🗓️ 21 April 2025

⏱️ 73 minutes

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10:28 - Guest: Commanders insider Ben Standig of The Athletic on the likelihood of the Commanders trading down from their No. 29-overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft, whether Standig is buying the Commanders taking Boston College edge defender Donovan Ezeiruaku at 29 should they keep the pick, whether the Commanders over the first three rounds of the draft will take a running back, whether the Commanders now being in win-now territory means that they should draft more for need as opposed to best player available, the potential for the Commanders during the draft to trade for Cincinnati Bengals edge defender Trey Hendrickson or Miami Dolphins cornerback Jalen Ramsey, who the second-most powerful person in the Commanders War Room is given that general manager Adam Peters is the most powerful, what to make of the Commanders signing unrestricted-free-agent quarterback Josh Johnson and more 39:16 - Capitals: preview of the Caps' best-of-seven series against the Montreal Canadiens in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs 56:36 - Nationals: analysis of the Nats winning two out of three games at the Colorado Rockies, including a wild 12-11 win in a game in which the Nats allowed a 12-2 seventh-inning lead to get trimmed to a 12-11 ninth-inning lead 01:06:14 - Orioles: breakdown of the O's losing two out of three games to the Cincinnati Reds, including an embarrassing 24-2 loss as starting pitcher Charlie Morton's struggles continued The Nace Law Group, Accident & Injury Lawyers - 202-902-7611 and make sure that you mention that Al Galdi sent you Call Nova Fireplace And Stove at 571-513-3803, mention that Al Galdi sent you and receive $50 off any fireplace service before Sept. 1, 2025 - this includes cleaning, safety inspection, tune-up and diagnostic work 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 fifty-four of the Al-Galdi podcast. It is Monday, April 21st, 2025. It is the day after Easter.
0:27.0	This is a playoff game day in the nation's capital. We on Monday night at 7 at Capitol 1 Arena in Washington, D.C., have the Capitals versus the Montreal Canadiens in game one of a best of seven first round
0:39.1	series in the Stanley Cup playoffs. The camps are the number one seed in the Eastern Conference.
0:44.3	The Canadians are the number eight seed in the Eastern Conference.
0:48.9	Sound familiar? It was in 2010 that the President's Trophywinning camps got upset by the number eight-seeded
0:56.4	Canadians in the first round of the playoffs, four games to three, as the caps got stymied
1:01.7	by goaltender Yaroslav Halak, who ended up playing for the camps in the 2013-2014 season.
1:08.2	Are we as caps fans in store for another painful series loss to the Canadiens? Or are the Caps going to do what they should do, put down a beatdown of a Canadians team that is nowhere near as good as this Caps team is? My preview of the series is coming up later in the show.
1:26.0	Entry updates, key stats, notable comments from Camps Head Coach Spencer Carberry over the last
1:30.9	two days and more.
1:31.9	But hello and welcome to this Monday installment of the Al Galdi podcast for which there
1:35.7	is a new episode each weekday, Monday through Friday with each episode out by 5 a.m. Eastern,
1:40.7	happy NFL draft week.
1:42.0	The 2025 NFL draft is this week, starts Thursday night.
1:45.6	Next segment, a very good guest with whom we will preview what the commanders will do in the 2025 NFL draft.
1:52.0	Commanders insider Ben Standing of the Athletic. We with Ben will conduct a deep dive on the likelihood of the commanders doing as I want them to do, and as I'm guessing
2:02.5	many of you want them to do, trade down from their number 29 overall pick and get more draft
2:08.6	capital. Also, Ben will address whether he is buying the commanders taking Boston College
2:13.3	edge defender Donovan Ezoraku at 29 should they keep the pick. Whether the commanders over the first
2:19.0	three rounds of the draft will take a running back, whether the commanders now being in win now
2:23.8	territory means that they should draft more for need as opposed to best player available. The likelihood
2:29.6	of the commander's trading for Cincinnati Bengals, edge defender Trey Hendrickson, or Miami Dolphins
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