The Al Galdi Podcast

Segment 1 - Show open, including reaction to former Washington Wizards star John Wall becoming the president of basketball operations for Howard men's basketball, and listener feedback   Segment 2 - Guest: Washington Commanders analyst Mark Bullock of Bullock's Film Room on Substack with an All-22-style deep dive on receiver Antonio Williams, who Washington took in the third round of the 2026 NFL...

Segment 1 - Show open, including reaction to the latest comments from the Washington Wizards' Anthony Davis on the state of the team, and listener feedback   Segment 2 - Guest: Washington Commanders analyst Mark Bullock of Bullock's Film Room on Substack with an All-22-style deep dive on the two defensive players who the team took in the 2026 NFL Draft in Ohio State linebacker Sonny Styles with th...

Segment 1 - Show open and listener feedback   Segment 2 - Guest: Brian Burke of ESPN Analytics on him ranking the Washington Commanders as being tied for No. 1 in the NFL in value in the 2026 NFL Draft, drafting the best player available versus drafting for need, the rise in wisdom-of-crowds-style analysis of the NFL Draft, linebacker Sonny Styles surprisingly being available to Washington with it...

Segment 1 - Show open and listener feedback   Segment 2 - Guest: NFL Draft analyst (and Washington Commanders fan) Ryan Fowler of NBC Sports Philadelphia with an in-depth breakdown of the six players who Washington took in the 2026 NFL Draft and analysis of the Commanders' new offensive coordinator, David Blough, and defensive coordinator, Daronte Jones, including why Fowler is extremely excited a...

Segment 1 - Show open, including a tribute to former Washington Redskins linebacker Monte Coleman off his death at the age of 68, and listener feedback   Segment 2 - Guest: NFL Draft analyst Thor Nystrom of Thor's NFL Draft Substack and SKOR North on the six players who the Washington Commanders took in the 2026 NFL Draft, including why he's a big fan of Washington's two defensive picks in linebac...

Segment 1 - Show open and listener feedback   Segment 2 - Washington Commanders: analysis of what the team did on offense in the 2026 NFL Draft in taking Clemson receiver Antonio Williams in the third round, Penn State running back Kaytron "Fat Man" Allen and Michigan State center/guard Matt Gulbin in the sixth round and Rutgers quarterback Athan Kaliakmanis in the seventh round and reaction to an...

Segment 1 - Show open and listener feedback   Segment 2 - Washington Commanders: reaction to and analysis of Washington taking Ohio State linebacker Sonny Styles with the No. 7-overall pick in the 2026 NFL Draft   Segment 3 - Washington Nationals: breakdown of a 7-2 loss to the Atlanta Braves at Nationals Park to lose three out of four games in the series   Warby Parker has revolutionized buying e...

Segment 1 - Show open and listener feedback   Segment 2 - Guest: NFL analyst Dan Pizzuta of Snaps And Stats on positional value in the NFL given the possibility of the Washington Commanders spending the No. 7-overall pick in the 2026 NFL Draft on a player at a non-premium position, the true meaning of positional value, whether we are looking at positional value all wrong, why Pizzuta is bullish on...

Segment 1 - Show open and listener feedback   Segment 2 - Guest: Sam Fortier, who covered the Washington Commanders franchise for The Washington Post for the 2020 through 2024 seasons, on whether Washington should trade down from its No. 7-overall pick in the 2026 NFL Draft, when it is appropriate to stick and pick, the nature of NFL Draft trade-value charts (on which Fortier wrote an extensive pi...

Segment 1 - Show open, including four takeaways from a joint, season-ending press conference for Washington Capitals president of hockey operations Brian MacLellan and Washington Capitals senior vice president and general manager Chris Patrick, and listener feedback   Segment 2 - Guest: Benjamin Robinson, creator of Grinding The Mocks, an innovative website that uses mock drafts, the wisdom of cro...

Segment 1 - Show open and listener feedback   Segment 2 - Guest: NFL analytics pioneer and NFL analyst Mike Tanier of Too Deep Zone on Substack on the Washington Commanders and the 2026 NFL Draft, including whether the draft is a bad draft, whether positional value matters less than normal for this draft, who Washington should most hope is available with its No. 7-overall pick in the draft, the li...

Segment 1 - Show open, including reaction to Washington Capitals winger Alex Ovechkin indicating that he isn't retiring and will play for the Caps in the 2026-2027 season, and listener feedback   Segment 2 - Washington Commanders: discussion of comments from general manager Adam Peters during a joint, pre-draft press conference with assistant general manager Lance Newmark, including the predictabi...

Segment 1 - Show open and listener feedback   Segment 2 - Washington Commanders: reaction to and discussion of Washington's new uniforms, including why Galdi likes them, what he'd change, the word "Commanders" not appearing anywhere on any of the new uniforms, how the new uniforms represent a certain strategy from the Josh Harris ownership group and what more could be coming regarding that strateg...

Segment 1 - Show open and listener feedback   Segment 2 - Guest: NFL analyst Sam Monson, co-host of Check the Mic with Steve Palazzolo & Sam Monson, which has nearly 79,000 subscribers on YouTube, on what the Washington Commanders should do with their No. 7-overall pick in the 2026 NFL Draft, including why he in his mock first round of the 2026 NFL Draft has Washington taking Notre Dame running ba...

Segment 1 - Show open, including reaction to the Washington Capitals being eliminated from contention for the 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs and to the Washington Wizards' Anthony Davis saying,  "I'm under contract...I love my money...", and listener feedback   Segment 2 - Guest: Washington Commanders analyst Mark Bullock of Bullock's Film Room on Substack with an All-22-style deep dive on Washington w...

Segment 1 - Show open and listener feedback   Segment 2 - Guest: Washington Commanders analyst Mark Bullock of Bullock's Film Room on Substack with an All-22-style deep dive on the Commanders potentially taking Notre Dame running back Jeremiyah Love with their No. 7-overall pick in the 2026 NFL Draft, including where Bullock stands philosophically on Washington spending a No. 7-overall pick on a r...

Segment 1 - Show open and listener feedback   Segment 2 - Guest: NFL Draft analyst Matt Waldman, creator of the innovative Rookie Scouting Portfolio, on whether NFL teams regarding the NFL Draft are better now as compared to 20 years ago, how open the Washington Commanders should be to taking Notre Dame running back Jeremiyah Love with their No. 7-overall pick in the 2026 NFL Draft, how Love compa...

Segment 1 - Show open and listener feedback   Segment 2 - Guest: NFL Draft analyst, Tampa Bay Buccaneers analyst and Pittsburgh Steelers analyst Jon Ledyard of Audibles & Analytics on Substack on the possibility of the Washington Commanders in the 2026 NFL Draft trading down from their No. 7-overall pick with a quarterback-needy team wanting Alabama quarterback Ty Simpson and on the best players a...

Segment 1 - Show open and listener feedback   Segment 2 - Guest: longtime Indianapolis Colts insider Mike Chappell of FOX59/CBS4 Sports in Indianapolis on what the Washington Commanders have in having signed Colts unrestricted-free-agent safety Nick Cross, Washington's failed pursuit of Colts unrestricted-free-agent receiver Alec Pierce (who re-signed with the Colts) and how committed the Colts ar...

Segment 1 - Show open and listener feedback   Segment 2 - Guest: Matt Verderame, host of The Matt Verderame Show, which is a very successful Kansas City Chiefs podcast on Patreon, on what the Washington Commanders have in having signed two Chiefs unrestricted free agents in linebacker Leo Chenal and edge defender Charles Omenihu, including how each guy performed for the Chiefs and the best usage o...

Segment 1 - Show open and listener feedback   Segment 2 - Guest: Washington Commanders insider Ben Standig of Last Man Standig on Substack on how general manager Adam Peters is - and should be - handling the team from a salary-cap perspective   Segment 3 - Washington Capitals: discussion of a 6-2 win over the Buffalo Sabres and an 8-1 loss at the New York Rangers in a Jekyll-and-Hyde weekend for t...

Segment 1 - Show open and listener feedback   Segment 2 - Guest: Washington Commanders insider Ben Standig of Last Man Standig on Substack on his takeaways from the NFL's Annual League Meeting and where we are with what Washington will do with its No. 7-overall pick in the 2026 NFL Draft, including the likelihood of the team re-signing any of its many remaining prominent unrestricted free agents,...

Segment 1 - Show open, including thoughts on an explosive ESPN report about Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts, and listener feedback, including intel on NFL sponsors having green-lit the Washington Redskins logo based on Chief John Two Guns Whitecalf   Segment 2 - Washington Commanders: analysis of comments from general manager Adam Peters and head coach Dan Quinn at the NFL's Annual Lea...

Segment 1 - Show open and listener feedback   Segment 2 - Washington Commanders: analysis of comments from general manager Adam Peters and head coach Dan Quinn at the NFL's Annual League Meeting, including the mystery that is why the team released center Tyler Biadasz, whether it tried to trade Biadasz, its plan at center, how Adam Peters felt about quarterback Jayden Daniels playing in the Fanati...

Segment 1 - Show open and listener feedback   Segment 2 - Washington Commanders: analysis of comments from managing partner Josh Harris at the NFL's Annual League Meeting, including him saying that the team in the 2026 offseason is operating with urgency, his confidence level in general Adam Peters and head coach Dan Quinn, the goal of the soon-to-be-announced new uniforms, the team still being co...