Episode 1,144: intel with Ben Standig on Terry McLaurin contract-extension details, talks and reporting and more

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Al Galdi

Football, Baseball, Sports, Basketball

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🗓️ 29 August 2025

⏱️ 66 minutes

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09:20 - Commanders: discussion of comments from head coach Dan Quinn on how quickly the Jayden Daniels-Terry McLaurin QB1-WR1 chemistry can be back in full effect, the likely regression of the team in terms of fourth-down efficiency and more 23:35 - Guest: Commanders insider Ben Standig of Last Man Standig on Substack on the state of sports media given the rise of independent media, the significance of the contract extension for receiver Terry McLaurin as it relates to quarterback Jayden Daniels becoming extension-eligible in the 2027 offseason, whether Standig is surprised at how team-friendly the McLaurin extension ended up being, Standig's intel on the initial gap between the Commanders and McLaurin in contract-extension negotiations, the initial (and inaccurate) reporting on the terms of the extension, the uneventful nature of the team's Cutdown To 53, the outlook for the Commanders at running back and more 56:16 - College Football: GaldiLocks picks for the season openers of the seven FBS teams of the Mid-Atlantic region and thoughts on Maryland given that head coach Mike Locksley may be on the hot seat 01:06:52 - Orioles: breakdown of a 3-2 loss to the Boston Red Sox to conclude a four-game sweep during which the O's totaled just seven runs Go to OmahaSteaks.com to get 50% off site-wide during Omaha Steaks' Labor Day Sale. And use the promo code ALGALDI at checkout for an extra $35 off. Minimum purchase may apply. See site for details. A big thanks to our advertiser, Omaha Steaks! Download the PrizePicks app and use the promo code GALDI to get $50 in lineups after you play your first $5 lineup! Get up to $200 off Square hardware when you sign up at square.com/go/galdi The Nace Law Group, Accident & Injury Lawyers - visit WashingtonDCInjuryLawyers.com and make sure that you mention that Al Galdi sent you Visit CateringByUptown.com and mention that Al Galdi sent you Watch the BGO Blind Pig podcast on YouTube 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 one hundred forty-four of the Al-Galdi podcast. It is Friday, August 29th, 2025, and perhaps the best
0:27.5	defensive player in the NFC East now is gone from the NFC East. Shocking, NFL news on
0:36.2	Thursday evening. The Dallas Cowboys trading edge defender Micah Parsons
0:41.4	to the Green Bay Packers for Interior Defense of lineman Kenny Clark and first round picks in the
0:47.5	26 and 2027 NFL drafts. Wow. That escalated it quickly. Parsons had been in the midst of contract
0:59.2	extension negotiations with the Cowboys. Those negotiations were not going well,
1:04.7	leading him to request to be traded. Sound familiar. It never felt like the Cowboys were going to trade Parsons,
1:12.0	and then, like, on a dime, the Cowboys end up trading Parsons.
1:17.0	The situation, instead of getting resolved via a contract extension,
1:21.9	results in Micah Parsons now being gone from the Cowboys
1:26.2	and gone from the NFC East.
1:28.6	If you are a commander's fan, no more worrying about Micah Parsons being on the Cowboys,
1:35.1	although the commanders are at the Packers on Thursday night football on September 11th.
1:40.9	But Micah Parsons, gone from the NFC East.
1:49.0	Exactly, more wonderful asset management by the Cowboys, as Jimmy Johnson famously said during
1:55.4	his time as Cowboys head coach, how about them Cowboys? Hello and welcome to this Friday
2:00.8	installment of the Al-Galdi podcast,
2:03.0	unlike the Cowboys, so the commanders resolve their major contract extension dispute of the last
2:08.7	few months. The team this past Tuesday afternoon announced having signed receiver Terry McLaurin
2:12.9	to a contract extension. Coming up on the show, high-level intel on the negotiations,
2:20.0	the terms of the extension, the reporting of the terms of the extension, and more.
2:25.6	As we'll speak with Commander's insider, Ben Standing, of Last Man Standing on Substack.
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