Episode 1,296: analysis with Ben Standig on Adam Peters' salary-cap management for Washington and more

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Al Galdi

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🗓️ 6 April 2026

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Segment 1 - Show open and listener feedback Segment 2 - Guest: Washington Commanders insider Ben Standig of Last Man Standig on Substack on how general manager Adam Peters is - and should be - handling the team from a salary-cap perspective Segment 3 - Washington Capitals: discussion of a 6-2 win over the Buffalo Sabres and an 8-1 loss at the New York Rangers in a Jekyll-and-Hyde weekend for the Caps as they battle to make the Stanley Cup Playoffs Segment 4 - Washington Wizards: thoughts on a 152-136 loss at the Miami Heat and a 121-115 loss at the Brooklyn Nets, giving the tanking Wizards the worst record in the NBA's 2025-2026 regular season at 17-61 Segment 5 - Washington Nationals: breakdown of the Nats getting swept in a three-game series against the Los Angeles Dodgers Segment 6 - Baltimore Orioles: reaction to the O's getting swept in a three-game series at the Pittsburgh Pirates The Nace Law Group, Accident & Injury Lawyers - visit WashingtonDCInjuryLawyers.com and make sure that you mention that Al Galdi sent you For great discussion of the Washington Commanders, visit BGObsession.com and mention that Al Galdi sent you For advertising inquiries, email Sales@BlueWirePods.com

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0:00.0	And away we go, episode one thousand two hundred ninety-six of the Al-Galdi podcast. It is Monday, April 6th, 20206. It is the day of the
0:25.1	national championship game in Division I men's college basketball, the final of the
0:29.8	2006 NCAA tournament, number one-seeded Michigan versus number two-seated
0:35.0	Yukon at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis on Monday night at 850.
0:39.7	The run that Michigan is on is incredible. First team ever to score at least 90 points in each of at least five consecutive games in an NCAA tournament.
0:50.1	Meantime, Yukon is in its third national championship game in four seasons.
0:55.5	And while we're talking national championship games, a salute to the University of Mary
1:01.1	Washington in Fredericksburg, Virginia.
1:03.7	The Eagles of the University of Mary Washington won the Division III men's basketball national championship game on Sunday,
1:13.8	a 7573 win over Emory University at Game Bridge Field House in Indianapolis.
1:20.7	6.5 Colin Mitchell, a putback is time expired in the second half.
1:26.1	What a win for the University of Mary Washington.
1:29.7	Congrats to UMW, to UM Dub. Hello and welcome to this Monday installment of the Al-Galdi podcast,
1:36.6	which follows Washington, D.C. area sports so that you don't have to. This also is a podcast
1:41.4	on which we talk Washington commanders on every episode, no matter
1:44.9	the time of year. Next segment, the second of two conversations over two shows with a good
1:49.7	friend of this podcast, Washington Commander's insider Ben Standing of Last Man Standing on
1:54.3	Substack. Ben joined us on Friday show, episode 1,295 to discuss his takeaways from the NFL's annual league meeting and where we are with what Washington will do with its number seven overall pick in the 2006 NFL draft.
2:09.3	Ben is joining us on this installment of the podcast to assess how Washington general manager Adam Peters is and should be handling the team from a salary cap perspective.
2:19.4	The team has spent a lot in free agency this offseason, but still has a lot of cap space.
2:25.6	Peters last Monday afternoon, March 30th, during his session with reporters in Phoenix at the NFL's annual league meeting,
2:33.0	said a lot of good stuff about his philosophy
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