Episode 1,057: analysis from Grinding The Mocks creator Benjamin Robinson on Commanders' No. 29 pick and more

The Al Galdi Podcast

Al Galdi

Football, Baseball, Sports, Basketball

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🗓️ 24 April 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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10:15 - Guest: Benjamin Robinson, creator of Grinding The Mocks, on his groundbreaking and innovative work projecting NFL Drafts via a "wisdom of crowds" approach with mock drafts, what his work tells us about who the Commanders might take with their No. 29-overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft and the potential for the team to trade the pick, how the Commanders should approach building their roster with a great quarterback in Jayden Daniels on a rookie contract and more 33:37 - Capitals: breakdown of a 3-1 win over the Montreal Canadiens to take a 2-0 lead in a best-of-seven first-round series in the Stanley Cup Playoffs 43:31 - Nationals and Orioles: discussion of the Nats' 4-3 win over the O's from the perspective of each team Visit CateringByUptown.com and mention that Al Galdi sent you Follow @WSHOnTheDaily on Instagram and visit WSHOnTheDaily.com For advertising inquiries, email Sales@BlueWirePods.com 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-seven of the Al-Galdi podcast.
0:22.3	It is Thursday, April 24th, 2025.
0:25.8	It is the day of the first round of the 2025 NFL draft.
0:30.6	It is the day after the Capitals took a 2-0 lead in the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs.
0:35.9	Here was the radio voice of the cabs John Walton on the Washington Capitals Radio Network
0:41.4	on Wednesday night.
0:43.8	As the puck drops and El are wins it and that'll do it.
0:47.9	Good morning.
0:49.1	Good afternoon.
0:50.9	And good night's Montreal.
0:53.8	The Capitals are up two games to none in the series.
0:57.5	They win.
0:58.9	3-1 over the halves.
1:02.4	Yes, they do.
1:03.6	Caps goaltender, Logan Thompson, the man known as LT.
1:07.3	He was terrific in-depth analysis of our Caps 3-1 win over the Montreal Canadiens at Capital One Arena on Wednesday night is coming up on the show.
1:16.6	Hello and welcome to this Thursday installment of the Al-Galdi podcast.
1:20.5	Next segment, a very unique guest to discuss what the commanders on Thursday night will do with their number 29 overall pick in the 2025 NFL
1:28.5	draft. That guest, Benjamin Robinson, creator of grinding the mocks, a website that uses
1:35.6	mock drafts, the wisdom of crowds and data science to predict NFL drafts. Any mock draft on
1:42.3	its own is only worth so much, but what about thousands of
1:45.7	mock drafts put together? You perhaps are familiar with the idea of the wisdom of crowds.
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