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This is Mitchell Rales.
According to @AdamSchefter, Rales will be partnering with Josh Harris to make a bid to buy the @Commanders.
He is worth an estimated $7 billion dollars.
Rales grew up in Bethesda and went to Walt Whitman high school. pic.twitter.com/Tv3r6C7ItR
— Scott Abraham (@Scott7news) March 9, 2023
I worked on the renovation of The National Gallery of Art a couple years ago, Rales was behind that.
I can tell you Quality will not be sacrificed in any capacity under Rales. #HTTC https://t.co/4XC0rnnOol
— The Podfather (@TheBurgundyZone) March 9, 2023
Spoke with some DC business people about the Rales brothers and Danaher Corp: “world renowned for creating value for distressed companies” and known for “operational excellence.” Sounds like something the Commanders could use…
— JP Finlay (@JPFinlayNBCS) March 9, 2023
I was literally at the Glenstone this weekend. A truly spectacular museum and general experience. https://t.co/ffM9ci5xXS
— Craig Hoffman (@CraigHoffman) March 9, 2023
Mitchell Rales’ connection to DC is an intriguing one.
He’s the president of the National Gallery of Art (DC) and a former board member of the Hirshorn Museum (DC).
Having ties to the city could potentially bode well for a return to DC for the Commanders.#HTTC pic.twitter.com/HOE7MUNecZ
— George Carmi (@Gcarmi21) March 9, 2023
Let’s hope Mitchell’s brother Steven is also involved. He’s brings another $6-7B to the table. Believe Mitch is $5-6B. With Harris would increase the total value of the partnership $18-19B. I like that Danaher is a DC based firm and potential partner with the city.
— Robert Hammond (@RobertH00545091) March 9, 2023
Per Wiki & as @PeteMedhurst just mentioned — about Mitchell Rales — “In the 1980s, the AM side of radio station WGMS was sold off to Steven and Mitchell Rales, who converted the music station into the first frequency for WTEM, a sports-talk station, in 1992.”
Hello! @team980 https://t.co/A1WxpyInwu
— Chris Russell AKA the ! (@Russellmania621) March 9, 2023
Here’s a good article about potential #Commanders owner Mitchell Rales https://t.co/YKzas72dQv
— T M (@reshmanuel) March 9, 2023
-Jerry Richardson announced he’d be selling the Panthers mid-December
-He had a purchase agreement in place mid-May
-5 months
-The Snyder’s announced they (might) be selling beginning of November
-5 months from then would be beginning of April
Less than a month away.#HTTC
— Tae & Todd Commanders Podcast (@TaeNToddPodcast) March 9, 2023
Scoop: I am told by people involved in the sale process for the @Commanders that @NFL wants final bids in the next couple of weeks to make late March owners meeting soft deadline story developing
— Charles Gasparino (@CGasparino) March 10, 2023
Cool piece by Matt here, that addresses what I’ve seen ever since I first saw Fertitta’s name along with the $5.5B bid: “Look at the Rockets…he sucks as an owner.” https://t.co/BCDdhk9omO
— Strickly Speakin’ (@SpiderStrick) March 8, 2023
This quote was from @Sam4TR piece last week on the RFK – Mayor Bowser – NFL deal.
Again, build the new stadium, a small entertainment district & some “affordable” housing while putting new daily facility at FedEx 2.0 footprint. Makes sense for #Commanders https://t.co/BLgFTgDlNP
— Chris Russell AKA the ! (@Russellmania621) March 9, 2023
No update on his health. The neck injury seemed pretty serious. Rivera said Jan. 6 that playing would “be a decision that he’ll have to make if he gets the all clear from the doctors.”
If the team cut him, he’d cost $2M in dead money and create $1.2M in cap savings. https://t.co/mcgu7Brrit
— Sam Fortier (@Sam4TR) March 9, 2023
Great episode @AlGaldi I got it in this morning at work! Thanks @CoachWilder353 for your input on this and football knowledge. Well done! #HTTC #ODU pic.twitter.com/VY0WDPOeaV
— ᖇIGGO 70 ᑕᕼIᑭ ™ (@karl_diesel) March 8, 2023
Taylor Heinicke’s college coach speaks his mind: pic.twitter.com/9adsssX7P4
— Bill-in-Bangkok (@billhorgan2005) March 10, 2023
Washington officially announced the hirings of WRs coach Bobby Engram, offensive QC Shane Toub and defensive QC Reggie Howard.
All four new coaches spent last season in college. QBs coach Tavita Pritchard (Stanford), Engram (Wisconsin), Toub (Kansas) and Howard (Campbell).
— Sam Fortier (@Sam4TR) March 9, 2023
It started off as a dream and now it’s reality‼️ Honored and grateful to be a part of the Washington @Commanders family #coach #life #Commanders https://t.co/69x2QKwr6v pic.twitter.com/z55Fmqi3Ut
— Reggie Howard (@reggiehoward) March 9, 2023
Bobby Engram was the original FO binky. We called him “The First Down Machine.” Led qualified WR in DVOA in 2003. https://t.co/NDjOqBKapU
— Aaron Schatz (@FO_ASchatz) March 9, 2023
Y’all talk on this app about players and things that happen inside a building, and you have no idea what really goes on. It’s aggravating as hell to read ♂️
— All-Pro Reavo (@JR1ERA) March 9, 2023
Commanders get a 3rd & a 6th round comp pick — #97 and #215 https://t.co/xwQJJIH00V
— Bill-in-Bangkok (@billhorgan2005) March 10, 2023
As expected, Washington received two compensatory picks in this year’s draft.
Commanders full list of picks:
1-16
2-47
3-97 (comp. for Brandon Scherff)
4-118
5-150
6-193
6-215 (comp. for Tim Settle)
7-233— Sam Fortier (@Sam4TR) March 9, 2023
49ers got a third-rounder for Martin Mayhew’s switch to the #Commanders. https://t.co/lbr5DiTC51
— Riggo’s Rag (@RiggosRag) March 9, 2023
The NFL says it fined the Texans $175,000 and stripped them of a fifth-round draft choice for a salary cap reporting violation related to providing Deshaun Watson with “membership at an alternative athletic facility in 2020.”
— MarkMaske (@MarkMaske) March 9, 2023
$26K for training certainly would not create a salary cap advantage and is something that easily could just be taken out of current cap room. The fact that this involves a Watson payment perhaps made the NFL more aggressive #Texans
— Jason_OTC (@Jason_OTC) March 9, 2023
Remember that if Lavonte David does depart for another team, because he has accrued 10+ seasons and is not a QB, a 5th rounder is the maximum comp pick that can be awarded to Tampa Bay. https://t.co/uNg0Ri5seq
— Nick Korte (@nickkorte) March 9, 2023
Washington made a big effort attempting to land Stafford in 2021. Two years later, I don’t think it would make a ton of sense for the Commanders to try again. https://t.co/9nekzl58em
— Ethan Cadeaux (@Ethan_Cadeaux) March 9, 2023
Complicating factor: If a team signs Lamar Jackson to an offer sheet, Baltimore has five days to match. That knocks that team essentially out of free agency and loses them the other available QBs — because they are paralyzed in cap space just waiting. Not impossible. But hard. https://t.co/t6NNufNqey
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) March 9, 2023
One thing rarely mentioned about Lamar Jackson? He turned down the 3rd biggest deal & guaranteed money before season. Supposedly got a better offer than that recently according to reports. Ravens may well match any offer, all the more reason for teams to hesitate about being in. pic.twitter.com/NcLJqp55Ps
— Grant Paulsen (@granthpaulsen) March 9, 2023
If Lamar had an agent, here’s what their combine might have looked like pic.twitter.com/BUzx6fna67
— Joey (Rose Bowl champion ) Gulino (@JGulinoYahoo) March 9, 2023
Maybe. But I do know that I enjoy reading pLaYerZ doNt nEEd aGeNtZ takes from colleagues who: a) I have seen use tip calculators in restaurants and b) have agents. https://t.co/8M3pJge1Fz
— Mike Tanier (@MikeTanier) March 9, 2023
You do not have to collude to know that $250M guaranteed + 2 # 1’s for an oft-injured QB whom DJ schooled in October is nuts. https://t.co/S563joiBjk
— Schwabcycler (@schwabcycler) March 9, 2023
#Bills are “expected to lose” Safety Jordan Poyer and LB Tremaine Edmunds in free-agency according to @AdamSchefter pic.twitter.com/I2KqgWavrH
— Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) March 8, 2023
Message to all the young guys about to come into the league – you’ll play a long time if you’re good on third down and good on special teams.
Ameer Abdullah has 1,500 career rushing yards going into year nine, but he’s still getting paid to play football.
Play. Special. Teams. https://t.co/FWs9xC5ZDL
— Brett Kollmann (@BrettKollmann) March 9, 2023
Mike McGlinchey expects to have a deal “pretty quick” in free agency. https://t.co/PvMn1Gkua4
— ProFootballTalk (@ProFootballTalk) March 9, 2023
Za’Darius Smith asking to be released from the #Vikings seems like a move to earn more. Bad FA group and off this season he would likely earn more than $12.5M if he was cut
— Jason_OTC (@Jason_OTC) March 9, 2023
Now that Geno Smith is locked up that means the #seahawks won’t be looking at QBs at #5 overall … right? It’ll be so interesting to see what Seattle does with picks 5, 20, 37, 53. My report on NFL NOW on @nflnetwork pic.twitter.com/fzmRQ0XJje
— James Palmer (@JamesPalmerTV) March 9, 2023
I know we joke about it, but would people really come to a parade when Dan Snyder sells?
— Rick Snider’s Washington (@Snide_Remarks) March 9, 2023
— Tisha Thompson (@TishaESPN) March 10, 2023
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