Episode 576: chat with Sumer Sports vice president and NFL analytics expert Eric Eager on Commanders and more

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Al Galdi

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🗓️ 19 May 2023

⏱️ 56 minutes

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16:34 - Guest: Sumer Sports vice president and NFL analytics expert Eric Eager on the Commanders, including the possibility of incoming Commanders owner and analytics proponent Josh Harris getting the team to the forefront of the analytics movement in the NFL, the near-unprecedented nature of what the Commanders are doing in positioning Sam Howell to be their QB1 for the 2023 season and whether Washington has over-invested in defense in the modern offense-oriented NFL 37:45 - Wizards: thoughts on the Wizards' search for a new head of basketball operations picking up steam with multiple reported interviews 43:09 - Nationals: analysis of a 5-3 loss at the Miami Marlins to complete a three-game sweep and drop the Nats to 4-18 in regular-season games against the Marlins since the start of the 2022 season 51:51 - Orioles: breakdown of a 6-5 loss to the Los Angeles Angels for a four-game split as the Orioles' heavily-used bullpen faltered Visit PaulsonAndNace.com and tell Paulson & Nace that Al Galdi sent ya! Visit ShadyRays.com and use the code AlGaldi for 50 percent off two or more pairs of polarized sunglasses! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	At the way we go, Episode 576 of the Algodly Podcast in his Friday, May 19, 2023, the
0:26.3	day after two notable commanders news items. Item number one, they're at the Spring League meeting
0:32.8	will not be a vote by the NFL owners on the sale of the commanders. The NFL Spring League meeting
0:39.8	taking place this Monday through Wednesday, May 22nd through the 24th in Minneapolis. Jeff Miller,
0:47.2	he is the NFL's executive vice president of communications, public affairs and policy. Don't forget
0:54.0	the policy. He on Thursday in a conference call with reporters said, quote, the league staff
0:59.5	and finance committee will continue to review the details of the transaction. We will provide
1:05.6	membership with an update in Minnesota. And quote, item number two, the commanders this August
1:12.7	will participate in joint practices with the Baltimore Ravens. This is very good news.
1:21.1	Joint practices are good. Washington in recent years has not partake in joint practices and
1:28.8	coincidence or not. Washington in recent years has not gotten off to good starts to regular seasons.
1:34.8	So perhaps these joint practices can help. The practices will take place on August 15th and
1:40.5	16th at the Ravens Under Armour Performance Center in Owings Mills, Maryland. And then a few days
1:46.5	later, August 21st, the two teams will play a preseason game at FedEx Field. Will any
1:51.9	brawls erupt between the commanders and the Ravens during the team's joint practices? You perhaps
1:57.4	remember the fights that erupted between the red skins and the Houston Texans in a joint practice
2:03.0	at Skins Training Camp in Richmond, Virginia in August 2015. Hello and welcome to this Friday
2:08.4	installment of the Algoldee podcast. We on this podcast preach peace not fighting among many other
2:14.4	things that we preach on this podcast. Coming up next segment, a very good guest, Eric Eager,
2:20.8	a vice president of Sumer Sports. He worked at Profitball Focus for years. He is one of the top
2:27.3	minds in NFL analytics. And he is going to talk commanders with us, including does the opportunity
2:34.6	exist for the commanders with an incoming owner and Josh Harris who is a big analytics guy to become
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