17:13 - Guest: Commanders analyst Mark Bullock of MarkBullock.Substack.com with All-22-style breakdowns of the Commanders' defensive line and linebacking corps, including what the team would be getting in Cleveland Browns edge defender Myles Garrett if it traded for him, how far general manager Adam Peters should go to trade for Garrett, whether the Commanders should re-sign pending unrestricted-free-agent edge defenders Dante Fowler Jr. and Clelin Ferrell, where we are and what should happen with interior defensive linemen Jonathan Allen and Daron Payne and more

39:16 - Guest: Capitals insider Tarik El-Bashir of Monumental Sports Network on the Eastern Conference-leading Caps as they come out of their break for the 2025 4 Nations Face-Off, including why the Caps are so much better at scoring goals as compared to how the team was in the 2023-2024 season, the reality that the Caps appear to have successfully retooled and avoided having to rebuild, insight on goaltender Logan Thompson off the Caps signing him to a six-year, $35.1 million contract extension, what to expect from the Caps regarding the 2025 NHL Trade Deadline, whether in-season contract extensions could be coming for two prominent Caps who are set to be unrestricted free agents this coming offseason in defenseman Jakob Chychrun and winger Andrew Mangiapane and more

01:01:44 - Maryland Basketball: discussion of the No. 20 Terrapins' 88-71 win over USC as the newly-dubbed Crab Five shined again

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14:18 - Guest: Commanders analyst Mark Bullock of MarkBullock.Substack.com with an All-22-style deep dive on the Commanders' secondary, including why it is so crucial to the scheme of head coach Dan Quinn and defensive coordinator Joe Whitt Jr., assessments of cornerbacks Marshon Lattimore and Mike Sainristil, why the team needs another starting-caliber cornerback, potential targets for the Commanders at cornerback in free agency in the 2025 offseason, how set the team is at safety if it re-signs pending unrestricted free agent Jeremy Chinn and more

35:08 - Guest: Wizards insider Chase Hughes on Monumental Sports Network on how the Wizards' four key building blocks from the last two first rounds of NBA Drafts - Bilal Coulibaly, Alex Sarr, Bub Carrington and Kyshawn George - are doing, why the Wizards' four trades in the lead-up to the 2025 NBA Trade Deadline may've been the best work yet by Michael Winger as Monumental Basketball president and Will Dawkins as Wizards general manager, how Jordan Poole and Corey Kispert fit into the Wizards' rebuild, the perceived-to-be-loaded 2025 NBA Draft in terms of its top three players and the potential for Maryland's Derik Queen to be a top-five pick and more

58:31 - Nationals: reaction to the Nats agreeing with free-agent reliever Lucas Sims on a one-year contract

01:02:57 - College Basketball: thoughts on Georgetown winning for just the fourth time in 12 games with a 93-72 victory over Providence, American losing for just the second time in 12 games with a 76-69 loss at Army and VCU winning its fifth consecutive game with an 80-51 win over UMass to set up a big game against George Mason

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17:38 - Guest: former Redskins salary-cap analyst J.I. Halsell on the Commanders' renaissance 2024 season, the value of having a great quarterback like Jayden Daniels on a rookie contract, the possibility of Daniels when he is extension-eligible in the 2027 offseason becoming the NFL's first player with a contract with an average annual value of $100 million, the notion of the Commanders taking on the albatross that is the contract of Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson as the trade compensation for Browns edge defender Myles Garrett, how and why the Super Bowl-champion Philadelphia Eagles are elite at salary-cap management, Commanders general manager Adam Peters doing so well in free agency in the 2024 offseason and more

44:16 - Nationals: discussion of comments from Nats managing principal owner Mark Lerner on the Lerner family's commitment to owning the Nats and on the team's spending on players

50:23 - Virginia Tech Basketball: reaction to a 54-36 loss at Boston College, marking the Hokies' fewest points in an ACC game ever and fewest points in any game since Feb. 18, 1967

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15:26 - Guest: Mike Petraglia, host of the Jungle Roar Podcast on the Cincinnati Bengals, on the team reportedly deciding to franchise-tag receiver Tee Higgins for a second consecutive offseason and thus likely removing him as a potential target for the Commanders, including why the Bengals are doing this, the possibility of the Bengals trading him, just how good he is and his concerning recent injury history...and Petraglia analyzes the good and bad done by the Bengals in their roster construction while having Joe Burrow as their franchise quarterback, providing lessons for the Commanders as they embark on their first offseason off quarterback Jayden Daniels' all-time-great rookie season

43:24 - Orioles: discussion of the Orioles' spending on players off Orioles controlling owner David Rubenstein in a session with reporters addressing team spending

54:25 - Virginia Basketball: thoughts on an 80-62 loss to No. 3 Duke in a game in which Blue Devils freshman - and perhaps future Wizards player - Cooper Flagg was dominant

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18:15 - Guest: NFL analytics expert Ben Baldwin on the groundbreaking website that he co-created in RBSDM.com, how Super Bowl 59 made Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels' all-time-great rookie season look even better, how Daniels was robbed in not being at least one of the five finalists for Associated Press NFL MVP for the 2024 regular season, the great work of Commanders head coach Dan Quinn via his bold fourth-down decision-making in the 2024 season and the nature of advanced stats in the current NFL, including the stat that is the basis for much of Baldwin's work - Expected Points Added

52:49 - College Basketball: analysis of No. 25 Maryland's 101-75 win over Iowa as the Terrapins scored their most points in a game in 23 years, George Mason winning its 11th consecutive game with a 58-57 victory over Saint Joseph's, American winning for the 10th time in 11 games a 72-51 victory over Loyola Maryland, Virginia winning for the fourth time in five games with a 73-70 victory at Virginia Tech, Georgetown losing for the eighth time in 11 games with a 97-86 loss at Butler, Liberty winning for the for the seventh time in eight games with a 76-69 victory at UTEP and William & Mary's 72-59 win over Drexel

01:08:04 - Nationals and Orioles: reaction to the Nats agreeing with free-agent shortstop/third baseman Paul DeJong on a one-year contract reportedly worth $1 million to perhaps be their No. 1 third baseman...discussion of the Nats winning their arbitration case with first baseman Nathaniel Lowe to where he at just $10.3 million is set to be the highest-paid player on the Nats' 2025 Opening Day roster...and thoughts on the O's suffering another blow to their starting-pitching depth with Chayce McDermott having suffered a lat/teres strain prior to spring training

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14:49 - Guest: Mitch Tischler, co-host of Monumental Sports Network's Beltway Football podcast, on the states of the Commanders' offensive and defensive lines, including how good the offensive line truly was in the 2024 season, the potential for right tackle Andrew Wylie to be a salary-cap cut, whether Brandon Coleman will be the team's starting left tackle for Week 1 of the 2025 regular season, how much of the struggles of the rushing offense in terms of running backs as the 2024 season went on were on the offensive line versus the backs, why the run defense in the 2024 season was so bad, the likelihood of the team re-signing edge defenders and pending unrestricted free agents Dante Fowler Jr. and Clelin Ferrell, whether interior defensive lineman Jonathan Allen has played his last game for Washington, what has happened with interior defensive lineman Daron Payne since he signed his big-money contract extension in March 2023, what kind of a rookie season interior defensive lineman Johnny Newton had and more

45:33 - Nationals and Orioles: discussion of injury news for each team, including the reveals that the Nats' top pitching prospect, Travis Sykora, underwent offseason hip surgery and Orioles starting pitcher Trevor Rogers suffered a right-kneecap subluxation during an offseason workout

49:03 - College Basketball: analysis of No. 25 Maryland's 83-75 win at Nebraska...and thoughts on Liberty's 64-54 win at New Mexico State and William & Mary's 61-60 win over Hofstra

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11:39 - Guest: Commanders insider Ben Standig of The Athletic on the likelihood of Marcus Mariota as an unrestricted free agent in the 2025 offseason landing a spot as a bridge QB1 with another team, what general manager Adam Peters' philosophy for the team's 2025 offseason should/will be in terms of being aggressive vs. not giving up too much draft capital, the potential for the Commanders to trade for Cleveland Browns edge defender Myles Garrett, San Francisco 49ers receiver Deebo Samuel and Los Angeles Rams receiver Cooper Kupp, possible salary-cap cuts for the Commanders in the 2025 offseason and more

46:30 - Nationals: discussion of shortstop CJ Abrams being back with the Nats for the first time since his demotion to Triple-A Rochester in Sept. 2024 due to disciplinary reasons as 2025 Nationals Spring Training begins

53:55 - Wizards: breakdown of a 134-130 overtime loss to the Indiana Pacers in a game in which the Wizards blew a 19-point third-quarter lead but also got more encouraging performances from Wizards building blocks

58:12 - VCU Basketball: analysis of an 80-72 win at George Washington for the Rams' 10th win in 11 games

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14:43 - Guest: Barry Svrluga, columnist for The Washington Post, on the state of the Commanders off their 2024 renaissance season, including the team finally having solved owner and quarterback - two items that Svrluga pounded for years, why he's not necessarily expecting a big-splash offseason from general manager Adam Peters and what has been especially impressive about offensive coordinator Kliff Kingsbury...and Svrluga provides analysis and intel on the Nationals' lack of spending in MLB's 2024-2025 offseason, including the dynamic between president of baseball operations and general manager Mike Rizzo and the Lerner ownership group, how close we might actually be to a sale of the Nats, insight on the inner workings of the Lerner ownership group and the latest in the MASN dispute

50:16 - George Mason Basketball: breakdown of a 76-74 overtime win at Saint Louis for Mason's 10th consecutive win

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13:59 - Guest: CBS Sports NFL Draft writer Josh Edwards on what the Commanders can learn from the Super Bowl-champion Philadelphia Eagles' roster construction, including the Eagles' heavy emphasis on building up the offensive and defensive lines, a strategy that the Eagles employ to ease their salary-cap hits, the great drafting and free-agency work of Eagles executive vice president and general manager Howie Roseman, notable roster-construction items from the Kansas City Chiefs and more...and Edwards, who covers Kentucky Football recruiting for 247 Sports, also provides analysis of Commanders running back and Kentucky product Chris Rodriguez Jr.

43:46 - Wizards: discussion of a 131-121 loss to the San Antonio Spurs in a game in which the Wizards overcame an 18-point first-quarter deficit and made franchise history with each of the team's nine players who played in the game scoring at least 10 points

49:33 - College Basketball: thoughts on Maryland being No. 25 in the latest Associated Press Top 25 Poll, freshman-of-the-week honors for the Terrapins' Derik Queen and Georgetown's Thomas Sorber, George Mason being among "others receiving votes" for the latest AP Top 25 Poll and American winning for a ninth time in 10 games with a 60-58 victory over Lafayette

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15:37 - Guest: Pro Football Focus NFL analyst Gordon McGuinness on the greatness of Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels' rookie season and on potential trade and free-agent targets for the Commanders in the 2025 offseason, including what they should be willing to give up in a trade for Cleveland Browns edge defender Myles Garrett, how good Garrett is, to what extent - if at all - his age is a concern, the positional value of edge defender, whether the Commanders should be in on a trade for Los Angeles Rams receiver Cooper Kupp, assessments of the free-agent classes of receivers and running backs in the 2025 offseason, how much of running back Saquon Barkley's success with the Super Bowl-champion Philadelphia Eagles was about their great offensive line and more

43:23 - Capitals: breakdown of a 5-4 shootout loss to the Utah Hockey Club to extend the Caps' home point streak to 15 games - tied for the second-longest regular-season home point streak in franchise history

50:05 - Wizards: discussion of a 134-124 loss to the Eastern Conference-leading Cleveland Cavaliers and a 125-111 loss to the Atlanta Hawks in games that featured encouraging performances by Wizards building blocks...and reaction to an ESPN report that the Wizards were willing to trade for former Wizard Bradley Beal of the Phoenix Suns

01:01:35 - College Basketball: analysis of No. 18 Maryland's 90-81 win over Rutgers as the Terrapins' Derik Queen outdid the Scarlet Knights' Dylan Harper and Ace Bailey in a clash of hyped freshmen, Georgetown's 60-46 win over Seton Hall, American's 78-75 overtime win at Lehigh, George Mason's 82-67 win over Rhode Island for a ninth consecutive victory, VCU's 73-68 win at Dayton, Liberty's 64-61 win over Sam Houston, Virginia Tech's 65-63 win at Notre Dame, Virginia's 75-61 win over Georgia Tech and William & Mary's 74-64 loss at Delaware

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