Episode 1,055: chat with Shawn Syed of Sumer Sports on how Commanders should approach NFL Draft and more

The Al Galdi Podcast

Al Galdi

Football, Baseball, Sports, Basketball

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🗓️ 22 April 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

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13:01 - Guest: Shawn Syed, director of communications for Sumer Sports (a football analytics company that works with NFL teams), on NFL Draft philosophy, especially as it relates to the Commanders in the 2025 NFL Draft, including the proper way for a team to do an NFL Draft in the current NFL, whether the Commanders being a win-now team should guide how the team behaves in the 2025 NFL Draft, the notion of a team addressing premium positions in NFL Drafts and addressing non-premium positions in free agency and how much collegiate production should matter for NFL teams in evaluating draft prospects 37:32 - Capitals: analysis of a 3-2 overtime win over the Montreal Canadiens in Game 1 of a best-of-seven first-round series in the Stanley Cup Playoffs in a game in which Caps top-line left wing Alex Ovechkin was dominant Follow @WSHOnTheDaily on Instagram and visit WSHOnTheDaily.com 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-five of the Al-Galdi podcast. It is Tuesday, April 22nd, 2025. The day after the legend of the great eight, Alex Ovechkin, grew even more. Monday night, game one of a best of seven series in the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs, OVA monster in a three-two overtime win
0:39.6	for the Capitals over the Montreal-Canadianza Capitol Win Arena. He has the Caps' top line left
0:45.5	wing scored two goals, including the game winning goal, and had a primary assist at team
0:50.8	high nine total shot attempts and a game high seven hits.
0:56.5	The caps take a one-oh lead in-depth analysis of the game is coming up later in the show.
1:02.0	And, oh, by the way, we on Monday also had a tiebreaker resulting in our tanking and rebuilding
1:09.1	Wizards getting the number 18 overall pick in the 2025 NBA
1:14.6	draft, the best possible outcome for the Wizards in this tiebreaker. The Memphis Grizzlies
1:20.5	they this past Friday night in the NBA's playing tournament beat the Dallas Mavericks 12106
1:26.1	to make the NBA playoffs to get the number
1:28.6	eight seed in the Western Conference. That meant that the wizards via the Marcus Smart Trade
1:33.7	from this past February 6, it was 2025 NBA trade deadline day, would get the Grizzlies
1:39.2	first round pick in the 2025 NBA draft, was to be the 18th, 19th, or 20th overall pick. Well,
1:47.9	we on Monday had the tiebreaker between the Grizzlies, Milwaukee Bucks, and Golden State Warriors,
1:53.3	as each team in the regular season went 48 and 34. And the result was our Wizards getting
1:59.1	the number 18 overall pick. So they, in 2025 NBA draft will have their lottery pick and the number 18 overall pick.
2:08.9	And speaking of the NBA draft lottery, the expected prize of that lottery, Duke's Cooper flag, he on Monday morning officially announced that he is entering the
2:19.0	2025 NBA draft. So Monday, a good day for the top two properties of Ted Lianzis' monumental
2:25.9	sports and entertainment empire, the Caps and the Wizards. Hello and welcome to this Tuesday
2:30.8	installment of the Al-Galdi podcast. Next segment, a deep dive on NFL draft theory,
2:37.4	as I'll speak with Sean Syed. He is the director of communications for Sumer Sports,
2:43.1	which is a football analytics company that works with NFL teams. And we will discuss NFL
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