Episode 1,021: analysis with Commanders insider Ben Standig of The Athletic on Washington’s free agents and more

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Al Galdi

Football, Baseball, Sports, Basketball

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🗓️ 5 March 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

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12:01 - Guest: Commanders insider Ben Standig of The Athletic on whether the Commanders' trade for San Francisco 49ers receiver Deebo Samuel Sr. qualifies as a big swing by Commanders general manager Adam Peters, when a potential contract extension for receiver Terry McLaurin might happen and what it might look like, whether the trade for Samuel lessens the likelihood of the Commanders re-signing any of their many pending unrestricted-free-agent receivers, what to make of pending unrestricted-free-agent receiver Dyami Brown off his productive postseason, which Commanders unrestricted free agent in the 2025 offseason will get the most lucrative contract, which pending unrestricted free agent is more important for the Commanders to re-sign - linebacker Bobby Wagner or tight end Zach Ertz? and more 38:08 - College Basketball: breakdowns of VCU clinching the No. 1 seed in the A-10 Tournament with a 71-62 victory at Duquesne for the Rams' ninth consecutive win and 15th victory in 16 games, Georgetown's 75-73 win over Villanova to complete the Hoyas' first regular-season sweep of two games against Villanova since the 1992-1993 season, Virginia Tech's 91-59 loss to North Carolina for the Hokies' worst ACC loss since Feb. 2013 and Virginia winning for a fifth time in eight games with a 60-57 victory over Florida State Call Nova Fireplace And Stove at 571-513-3803, mention that Al Galdi sent you and receive $25 off any fireplace or chimney service Follow @WSHOnTheDaily on Instagram and visit WSHOnTheDaily.com For advertising inquiries, email [email protected] Please note that time stamps may be slightly off depending on rotating national ads

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0:00.0	And away we go, episode
0:18.0	of the Al-Galdi podcast. It is Wednesday, March 5th, 2025. We now are a week away from the start of the NFL's new league year. That'll begin on Wednesday, March 12th at 4 p.m. Eastern. That is when external free agents signings can become official. And when trades can become official, we on Tuesday at 4 p.m.
0:38.5	Eastern had the deadline by which NFL teams could place franchise and transition tags on players.
0:44.0	Just two players got franchise tagged this offseason, Cincinnati Bengals receiver T. Higgins
0:49.7	and Kansas City Chiefs Guard, T. Smith, just two guys. That's it. Also, on Tuesday, contract extensions,
0:56.3	including two big ones in the NFC East. The Dallas Cowboys, they on Tuesday signed Interior
1:01.4	Defense of linemen Osa Odigizua to a four-year contract extension with a max value of $80 million,
1:07.9	keeping him from becoming an unrestricted free agent next week. And negating any reason to tag him, he had come up as a potential target of the commanders.
1:16.5	And we on Tuesday afternoon had reports that the Philadelphia Eagles have agreed with running back,
1:21.0	Saquan Barkley on a two-year, 41.2 million dollar contract extension, making him the highest paid running back in NFL history.
1:32.9	He should give the commander's defense a cut of that money because our team's bad run defense had a good bit to do with his great 2024 season.
1:41.8	And there also was this on Tuesday afternoon.
1:45.0	Reports that the Green Bay Packers and former commander's kicker Brandon McManus have agreed on a three-year
1:52.4	$15.3 million-dollar contract extension preventing him from becoming an unrestricted free agent next week. A three-year contract extension
2:03.7	for Brandon McManus. The commanders releasing him this past June 2nd. Look, I get that there was a lot
2:09.7	to his situation. But man, you got to wonder if the commanders wish they had to do over on that.
2:16.3	Hello and welcome to this Wednesday installment of the Al Galdi podcast.
2:20.2	Are any commanders contract extensions coming?
2:23.4	Our team for a second consecutive offseason has a lot of guys said to be unrestricted
2:28.3	free agents.
2:28.8	Next segment, a dig-dive on those guys with Commander's insider Ben Standing of the
2:33.7	athletic among the items that
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