Episode 1,018: Commanders intel from Sam Fortier of The Washington Post from NFL Scouting Combine and more

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Al Galdi

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🗓️ 28 February 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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13:35 - Guest: Commanders insider Sam Fortier of The Washington Post on the likelihood of the Commanders trading interior defensive lineman Jonathan Allen as opposed to releasing him, where things went wrong with Washington's all-first-round pick defensive line, the possibility of the team taking a running back with its No. 29-overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft, what general manager Adam Peters is thinking in the 2025 offseason regarding making a big trade versus sticking with his build-through-the-draft strategy, what to expect from the Commanders in free agency in the 2025 offseason and more 30:32 - Commanders: discussion of the Commanders' thought process and philosophies regarding player workouts and player interviews at the 2025 NFL Scouting Combine off comments from general manager Adam Peters, head coach Dan Quinn and assistant general manager Lance Newmark 45:37 - Capitals: analysis of a 5-2 loss to the St. Louis Blues, giving the Caps back-to-back regulation losses for the first time since Dec. 16-17, 2024 49:07 - College Basketball: thoughts on Liberty winning its sixth consecutive game with a 59-55 victory over Jacksonville State to move to being a half game ahead of Jacksonville State atop Conference USA and on William & Mary's 88-73 loss at Towson as Towson clinched the CAA regular-season title The Nace Law Group, Accident & Injury Lawyers - 202-902-7611 and make sure that you mention that Al Galdi sent you

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0:00.0	And away we go, episode
0:18.0	episode 1,018 of the Al-Galdi podcast.
0:21.8	It is Friday, February 28th, 2025.
0:25.2	It is the final day of February 2020, and the salary cap for the NFL's 2025-2020-6 league year.
0:33.4	Now is official.
0:34.5	NFL teams on Thursday were notified that the cap has been set at $279.2 million per club, up from $255.4 million for the current league year.
0:46.8	And that was up from $224.8 million for the previous league year. The cap over the last two years has gone up by
0:55.6	54.4 million dollars. The cap is soaring as the NFL is printing money via the league's
1:03.8	media rights deals. NFL business is quite good. Hello and welcome to this Friday
1:08.0	installment of the Al-Galdi podcast. Next segment, Commander's Intel from the
1:12.7	ongoing 2025 NFL scouting combine at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, as we'll speak with
1:18.8	Commander's insider Sam Fortier of the Washington Post, who is in Indianapolis. Sam has been a part
1:24.8	of all that is commanders related at this combine, including the media
1:29.7	availability for general manager, Adam Peters on Tuesday afternoon, head coach Dan Quinn
1:34.3	on Wednesday afternoon, and assistant general manager Lance Newmark on Thursday afternoon.
1:39.5	Sam has been talking to a lot of people about a lot of things, and he next segment is going
1:44.1	to cover a lot of ground with us, of things, and he next segment is going to cover
1:44.5	a lot of ground with us, including the likelihood of the commanders trading interior defensive
1:49.5	lineman Jonathan Allen as opposed to releasing them, where things went wrong with Washington's
1:53.9	all first round pick defensive line, the possibility of the team taking a running back with
1:58.8	its number 29 overall pick in the 2025 NFL draft.
2:02.5	What Adam Peters is thinking this offseason regarding making a big trade versus sticking
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