Episode 780: Commanders poised to make major impact in free agency? and more

The Al Galdi Podcast

Al Galdi

Football, Baseball, Sports, Basketball

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🗓️ 11 March 2024

⏱️ 73 minutes

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16:22 - Commanders: three overarching thoughts about the Commanders in free agency as it begins in the 2024 NFL offseason with the start of the legal-tampering period, including the team having not signed a single one of its many significant pending unrestricted free agents to a contract extension 37:33 - Capitals: reaction to the Caps trading center Evgeny Kuznetsov to the Carolina Hurricanes for a third-round pick in the 2025 NHL Draft...and analysis of a 4-1 win over the NHL-worst Chicago Blackhawks to improve the Caps to 7-2-1 over their last 10 games 54:20 - Wizards: discussion of the Wizards ending their franchise-record-tying 16-game regular-season losing streak with two consecutive wins for just the team's second winning streak of the 2023-2024 NBA regular season - a 112-100 win over the Charlotte Hornets and a 110-108 win at the Miami Heat 01:02:35 - College Basketball: breakdowns of Maryland concluding a 7-13 regular season in the Big Ten with an 85-69 loss at Penn State, Georgetown concluding a 2-18 regular season in the Big East with an 86-78 loss at St. John's, Virginia concluding a 13-7 regular season in the ACC with a 72-57 win over Georgia Tech and Virginia Tech concluding a 10-10 regular season in the ACC with an 82-76 win over Notre Dame Visit PaulsonAndNace.com and tell Paulson & Nace that Al Galdi sent ya! Call Nova Fireplace And Stove at 571-513-3803, mention that Al Galdi sent ya and receive a 33-percent discount on an in-stock wood insert! Interested in advertising on this podcast? Email [email protected]! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The And away we go, episode 780 of the Al-Galdi podcast. It is Monday, March 11th, 2024. It is day one of the NFL's
0:30.0	2024 legal tampering period.
0:34.1	Monday at 12 p.m. Eastern is when the legal tampering can begin.
0:39.8	The legal tampering period is the true start of NFL free agency.
0:44.4	The actual official start of when NFL teams can officially make
0:48.6	signings of unrestricted free agents from other teams is
0:52.3	Wednesday at 4 p.m. Eastern, but we by then will know a bunch of the
0:56.6	deals of what is reported during the legal tampering period. Heck, we already know some of what's going down. Major breaking news, late night on Sunday night,
1:07.2	quarterback Russell Wilson will be signing with the Pittsburgh Steelers once he is released by the Denver Broncos.
1:15.2	Yeah, the Russ Bus headed to the Berg. You know my wife is a big Steelers fan.
1:20.0	She's sleeping as I'm recording this at,'s see what time is it 1.40 a.m. Eastern on Monday
1:27.6	Should I wake her up to tell her that the Steelers are signing Russ? This is a big week in the NFL off season and the week is
1:35.8	truly getting going with this legal tampering period. Legal tampering, like
1:45.0	oxymoron like jumbo shrimp or humble brag or organized chaos,
1:51.0	you get the idea.
1:53.0	What will the 2024 legal tampering period bring for the commanders?
1:58.6	They are loaded with salary cap space for the upcoming league year. They are loaded with needs. The team has new
2:06.3	ownership, a new front office and a new coaching staff. The team has a lot of its
2:11.5	players becoming unrestricted free agents this week.
2:15.3	The team is coming off an atrocious 2023 season.
2:19.7	The circumstances of this free agency are like no other in franchise history.
2:25.0	Is our team going to be a big time play a player in free agency?
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