All aTwitter: 25 April 2023 – Steve Apostolopoulos insists he is ‘still in the hunt’ to buy the Commanders

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.@NFL team valuations are reaching an all-time high. Canadian billionaire @SteveApost talks about his bid for the Washington @Commanders: pic.twitter.com/QyhfrpFkDq

— Squawk Box (@SquawkCNBC) April 24, 2023

Steve A and Brian Davis are very similar in this regard: They don’t go into specifics of how much they are worth OR how they plan to pay $6B+.

Both their camps say a version of this: “Bank of America knows we are real.”

But BofA NEVER comments. And, so, here we are.

— A.J. Perez (@byajperez) April 24, 2023

Maybe it’s because I am from Silicon Valley, but this video from Apostolopoulos’s Caary Capital was more telling than the CNBC interview. He needed raise $1.6M to launch the biz credit card company. pic.twitter.com/QKWdiAjJjT

— A.J. Perez (@byajperez) April 24, 2023

Typically, you have to give up a piece of your company to raise funds like this. $1.6M (Canadian) should be pocket change for somebody interested in three sports franchises: Commanders, Senators and Hornets.

If he needed help to launch a startup, how can he afford a sports team?

— A.J. Perez (@byajperez) April 24, 2023

I interviewed him twice, years ago, after he bought the Pontiac Silverdome with an eye on MLS: https://t.co/Wl5ayNQl3O

Very nice guy, had a cool vision. But he seemed to be working with a small subset of his dad’s money, and ultimately failed to even maintain the property.

— Ty Schalter (@tyschalter) April 24, 2023

Albert Breer with the latest on the Commanders sale pic.twitter.com/jprghHC3n0

— DC Sports (@_mattschoen_) April 24, 2023

Trade compensation, per sources:

Jets get:
Aaron Rodgers, pick No. 15, a 2023 5th-rd pick (No. 170).

Packers get:
Pick No. 13, a 2023 2nd-rd pick (No. 42), a 6th-rd pick (No. 207), a conditional 2024 2nd-rd pick that becomes a 1st if Rodgers plays 65 percent of the plays. pic.twitter.com/Q2vUMfyZGH

— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) April 24, 2023

The #Giants have agreed to terms with #Rams FA DT A’Shawn Robinson, continuing to beef up their defensive front right before the Draft, sources tell me and @MikeGarafolo. He gets a 1-year deal worth up to $8M max value with the opportunity to find a home with NYG. pic.twitter.com/K53jVNi77Y

— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) April 24, 2023

I know Stetson Bennett isn’t even in most draft conversations people are having, but he…

Posted 308.8 passing yds per game completing 67.7% with 19 TDs/3 INTS while going 5-1 over last 6 postseason games.

I mean…. do we need to talk about this more?https://t.co/AHfALIQH8n

— Lance Zierlein (@LanceZierlein) April 24, 2023

Don’t know where he’ll end up, but I like how Maryland CB Deonte Banks competes. Never shied away from press when facing Marvin Harrison. Physical dude. Obviously a deep CB class. Commanders could use another CB; will be some at 16 but also beyond 1st who will be enticing.

— John Keim (@john_keim) April 24, 2023

PETE DRAFT THREAD WOO

Ron Rivera loves position flex more than @john_keim loves dad jokes and, in addition, targeted guys with lots of college reps last year.

Based on those factors, these are 3 names I keep coming back to for the Commanders in the early rounds of this draft pic.twitter.com/62yETTghrF

— Pete Hailey (@PeteHaileyNBCS) April 24, 2023

I see TE as a prime need for Washington but I don’t think they necessarily do (the reiteration that Logan got better as 2022 went on, the upside of Cole Turner and the other youngsters, etc).

Plus, does Bieniemy truly rely on TEs or did he just do that in KC because of Kelce?

— Pete Hailey (@PeteHaileyNBCS) April 24, 2023

Due to TE uncertainty I think CB and OL are the two most-likely positions they end up with @ 16 (hard to project what happens in a trade, but those may still win out).

At CB: Witherspoon is an unlikely grand slam, Porter Jr scares me, Banks makes sense

At OL: Cool with em all

— Pete Hailey (@PeteHaileyNBCS) April 24, 2023

One thing I believe the secondary’s missing: a mega-ballhawk.

BSJ is INT-less and Curl’s gone two years without one. Now, Forrest def helps and Fuller had three in 2022.

Enter Emmanuel Forbes or Clark Phillips III?

Those two had TEN pick-6s in school and would be fun Day 2ers

— Pete Hailey (@PeteHaileyNBCS) April 24, 2023

Outcomes I’m not envisioning (listen to me here because I’m an excellent prognosticator and the NFL Draft is known for being super-predictable):

-Bijan Robinson
-A well-known QB
-A first-round trade-up

— Pete Hailey (@PeteHaileyNBCS) April 24, 2023

Penultimately, I’d sure love to see the Commanders snag someone who can return punts beyond the literal sense of just returning punts. Find some guy on Day 3 who can actually instill some fear in opponents and, I don’t know, maybe win some nice field position every couple-a weeks

— Pete Hailey (@PeteHaileyNBCS) April 24, 2023

For this draft dress rehearsal on Tuesday, the NFL sends out a script. Below is the mock draft for tomorrow sent out by the league to all teams. pic.twitter.com/Uep4uzF51c

— Dianna Russini (@diannaESPN) April 24, 2023

Running back Sean Tucker, a projected mid-round pick who did not work out for teams at the combine, had his pro day at Syracuse today. Tucker weighed in at 209 pounds, measured 5’9 1/2, jumped 38 inches in the vertical and had 29 bench press reps.

— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) April 24, 2023

The 49ers have cleaned up on compensation picks for having minority staffers leave for HC and GM jobs. They’ve placed 4 times as many of their guys in HC/GM roles as anybody else. (Via @peter_king). pic.twitter.com/IiJGY3X6Xe

— Grant Paulsen (@granthpaulsen) April 24, 2023