Episode 1,014: chat with 49ers insider Grant Cohn on Commanders potentially acquiring Deebo Samuel and more

The Al Galdi Podcast

Al Galdi

Football, Baseball, Sports, Basketball

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🗓️ 24 February 2025

⏱️ 60 minutes

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12:58 - Guest: Grant Cohn, the publisher of 49ers on SI and a San Francisco 49ers YouTube host with 173,000 subscribers, on the most likely outcome in the situation with 49ers receiver Deebo Samuel off him requesting to be traded, why things between the 49ers and Samuel have gone sour, whether the Commanders should be interested in acquiring Samuel, where Samuel is at as a player, whether the tenure of former Redskins offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan as 49ers head coach has been a success, how 49ers left tackle and ex-Skin Trent Williams is doing and more 33:57 - Capitals: breakdown of a great weekend for the Caps that featured an 8-3 win at the Pittsburgh Penguins and a 7-3 win over the Edmonton Oilers in a game in which Caps top-line left wing Alex Ovechkin had a hat trick 44:57 - Wizards: analysis of a 104-101 loss to the Milwaukee Bucks and a 110-90 loss at the Orlando Magic...and reaction to telling comments on Duke's Cooper Flagg 51:07 - College Basketball: thoughts on VCU's 70-54 win over George Mason to end the Patriots' 11-game winning streak, Georgetown losing for a ninth time in 13 games with an 80-69 loss at Creighton, American clinching a home quarterfinal game in the Patriot League Tournament with a 48-44 win over Boston University, Virginia Tech's 81-68 win at Miami, Virginia's 81-66 loss at North Carolina, Liberty winning for an eighth time in nine games with a 58-45 victory over FIU, James Madison winning for a ninth time in 10 games with a 78-73 victory over Georgia Southern, Norfolk State winning its seventh consecutive game with a 79-63 win at Coppin State and William & Mary winning its third consecutive game with a 79-70 victory at Elon The Nace Law Group, Accident & Injury Lawyers - 202-902-7611 and make sure that you mention that Al Galdi sent you Call Nova Fireplace And Stove at 571-513-3803, mention that Al Galdi sent you and receive $25 off any fireplace or chimney service Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	And away we go, episode one thousand 14 of the Al-Galdi podcast. It is Monday, February 24th, 2025. It is the start
0:26.9	of Combine Week. The 2025 NFL scouting combine at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis is
0:34.8	happening Monday, February 24th through Monday, March 3rd.
0:38.9	And while the Combine ostensibly is about the NFL draft, Combine Week has become like
0:45.2	an NFL convention at which a whole lot of NFL news can happen and at which the groundwork
0:52.1	for free agent deals and trades can get done.
0:55.8	There in Indianapolis are quite a few restaurants and bars.
1:00.7	Those restaurants and bars are frequented by NFL executives, coaches, and agents during
1:07.5	Combine Week.
1:08.7	There are conversations that are ahead at these restaurants and bars during Combine Week. There are conversations that are ahead at these restaurants and bars
1:13.7	during Combine Week. Often at night after some cocktails have been consumed, who knows what might
1:21.1	emerge from 2025 NFL Scouting Combine Week. Hello and welcome to this Monday installment
1:26.6	of the Al Galdi podcast.
1:28.5	Combine Week also includes a press conference.
1:31.4	Commanders, General Manager Adam Peters, he has a press conference on Tuesday at 12 p.m.
1:37.0	Commander's head coach Dan Quinn, he has a press conference on Wednesday at 1 p.m.
1:41.9	Could the Commander's news during this Combine Week include something on
1:47.3	them and San Francisco 49ers receiver Debo Samuel? He has requested to be traded. Adam Peters was the
1:55.8	Niners Vice President of Player Personnel when they took Samuel in the second round of the 2019 NFL
2:01.6	draft at a South Carolina. ESPN NFL insider Jeremy Fowler on ESPN's NFL live this
2:07.9	past Thursday afternoon reported that, quote, several teams have expressed interest, end quote,
2:13.3	in trading for Samuel. Are the commanders one of those teams? Next segment, welcome to the podcast.
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