The Al Galdi Podcast

Segment 1 - Show open and listener feedback   Segment 2 - Guest: Ohio State football insider Doug Lesmerises, who writes for Bill And Doug On Ohio State Football on Substack and is the co-host of The Bill And Doug Show podcast, on four highly-touted Ohio State players in the 2026 NFL Draft, including three guys being mocked to the Washington Commanders with their No. 7-overall pick in the draft in...

Segment 1 - Show open, including a thank you for the five-year anniversary of the podcast, and listener feedback   Segment 2 - Guest: Washington Commanders analyst and former Washington Redskins tight end Logan Paulsen on new Commanders offensive coordinator David Blough and new Commanders defensive coordinator Daronte Jones, including whether Paulsen sees similarities between Blough and former Re...

Segment 1 - Show open and listener feedback   Segment 2 - Guest: Pro Football Focus NFL analyst and former University of Kansas safety John Kosko on what Washington Commanders offensive coordinator David Blough's offense for quarterback Jayden Daniels should be, the value of the team going with more under-center snaps for Daniels and more   Segment 3 - College Basketball: thoughts on Maryland's 78...

Segment 1 - Show open and listener feedback   Segment 2 - Guest: former Washington Redskins general manager Charley Casserly on three recently-deceased former Redskins players in Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback Sonny Jurgensen, cornerback Barry Wilburn and guard Tre' Johnson, the greatness of Richie Petitbon in running Skins defenses during the team's glory days, the process by which Casserl...

Segment 1 - Show open, including reaction to Washington Nationals manager Blake Butera raving about the velocity of starting pitcher Cade Cavalli, and listener feedback   Segment 2 - Guest: Dan Steinberg, who now is an NFL managing editor for The Athletic off having worked for The Washington Post from Sept. 2001 to July 2025, on the state of being a Washington, D.C.-area-sports fan both in terms o...

Segment 1 - Show open and listener feedback   Segment 2 - Washington Commanders: discussion of NFL insider Ian Rapoport of NFL Network saying of the Commanders in terms of free agency and trades in the 2026 offseason, "It is an essential, important year for Washington. I wouldn't be surprised if there were some fireworks here...the time to spend is now..."   Segment 3 - Washington Commanders: anal...

Segment 1 - Show open and listener feedback   Segment 2 - Guest: Washington Commanders analyst and former Washington Redskins tight end Logan Paulsen on why the team wants more under-center snaps for quarterback Jayden Daniels, the adjustment for Daniels in going to more under-center snaps, the pros and cons of being under center versus being in the shotgun and pistol formations, whether offensive...

Segment 1 - Show open, including reaction to the Washington Nationals signing free-agent starting pitcher Miles Mikolas to a one-year contract, and listener feedback   Segment 2 - Washington Commanders: in-depth discussion of the team's new defensive coordinator, Daronte Jones, off his introductory press conference and off a press conference for head coach Dan Quinn, including Washington's lacklus...

Segment 1 - Show open, including thoughts on the Washington Commanders signing punter Tress Way to a contract extension, and listener feedback   Segment 2 - Washington Commanders: reaction to comments from head coach Dan Quinn about why the team parted with offensive coordinator Kliff Kingsbury and offensive-line coach Bobby Johnson and breakdown of Quinn and offensive coordinator David Blough rev...

Segment 1 - Show open, including reaction to ESPN NFL insider Adam Schefter confirming that the Washington Commanders in the 2024 NFL Coaching Cycle wanted to hire current Seattle Seahawks head coach Mike Macdonald as head coach instead of current Commanders head coach Dan Quinn, and listener feedback   Segment 2 - Guest: Washington Commanders analyst Mark Bullock of Bullock's Film Room on Substac...

Segment 1 - Show open, including a Washington Commanders takeaway from Super Bowl LX and reaction to former Commanders offensive coordinator Kliff Kingsbury reportedly joining the Los Angeles Rams, and listener feedback   Segment 2 - Washington Commanders: breakdown of the greatness of legendary former Redskins quarterback and legendary former Redskins radio analyst Sonny Jurgensen off his death a...

Segment 1 - Show open and listener feedback, including in-depth discussion of the demise of The Washington Post sports section   Segment 2 - Guest: Los Angeles Rams insider and USC football insider Greg Beacham of the Associated Press on what the Washington Commanders are getting in Eric Henderson, who they reportedly are hiring as defensive-line coach and defensive run-game coordinator, including...

Segment 1 - Show open, including reaction to The Washington Post essentially shutting down its sports department, and listener feedback   Segment 2 - Guest: Pro Football Focus NFL analyst and former University of Kansas safety John Kosko on why he still ranks the Washington Commanders' Jayden Daniels as a top-ten quarterback in the NFL, how much stock we should put in Daniels' injury-ravaged 2025...

Segment 1 - Show open and listener feedback   Segment 2 - Guest: NFL Draft analyst and Washington Commanders analyst Ryan Fowler on why the team with its No. 7-overall pick in the 2026 NFL Draft trading down with a quarterback-needy team is unlikely, why the Commanders with that pick should take Ohio State safety Caleb Downs, assessments of two other players being connected to the Commanders in Mi...

Segment 1 - Show open and listener feedback   Segment 2 - Guest: Kevin Sheehan, host of The Kevin Sheehan Show podcast, on the Washington Commanders having promoted assistant quarterbacks coach David Blough to offensive coordinator and having hired Minnesota Vikings defensive-passing-game coordinator/defensive-backs coach Daronte Jones as defensive coordinator   Segment 3 - Washington Capitals: an...

Segment 1 - Show open, including reaction to the Washington Commanders parting with three more assistant coaches, and listener feedback   Segment 2 - Guest: Kevin Sheehan, host of The Kevin Sheehan Show podcast, on the state of the Washington Commanders brand on the four-year anniversary of the official announcement of that brand on 2.2.22   Segment 3 - Washington Capitals: breakdown of a 4-3 over...

Segment 1 - Show open and listener feedback   Segment 2 - Guest: legendary sportswriter Richard Justice, who served as a Washington Redskins beat reporter and columnist in working for The Washington Post from Feb. 1986 to July 2000, with insight and perspective on The Washington Post greatly reducing - if not eliminating - its sports department and with behind-the-scenes stories on covering the Sk...

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 what to expect from Daronte Jones as Commanders defensive coordinator, including blitz packages, the potential return to a 3-4 base defense, the potential heightened use of innovative match-zone coverages and which current...

Segment 1 - Show open and listener feedback   Segment 2 - Guest: fantasy-football expert and Minnesota Vikings media personality Paul Charchian on the Washington Commanders reportedly hiring Minnesota Vikings defensive-passing-game coordinator/defensive-backs coach Daronte Jones as defensive coordinator, including how Jones was the anticipated replacement for Brian Flores had he departed as Viking...

Segment 1 - Show open and listener feedback   Segment 2 - Washington Commanders: reaction to the team reportedly hiring Minnesota Vikings defensive-passing-game coordinator/defensive-backs coach Daronte Jones as defensive coordinator   Segment 3 - Washington Commanders: analysis of interior defensive lineman Daron Payne per a report being expected to be back with the Commanders for the 2026 season...

Segment 1 - Show open and listener feedback   Segment 2 - Washington Commanders: analysis of multiple notable developments in the team's defensive-coordinator search, the reported departure of director of college scouting Tim Gribble to the Pittsburgh Steelers after 24 years with Washington, run-game coordinator/running-backs coach Anthony Lynn interviewing for the Buffalo Bills' and Cleveland Bro...

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 team's defensive-coordinator candidates, including Seattle Seahawks defensive-passing-game coordinator and defensive-backs coach Karl Scott, Chicago Bears defensive-backs coach and defensive-passing-game coordinator Al...

Segment 1 - Show open, including reaction to various developments in the Washington Commanders' defensive-coordinator search, and listener feedback   Segment 2 - Guest: Washington Commanders insider Ben Standig of Last Man Standig on Substack on why the team parted with offensive coordinator Kliff Kingsbury, what the team is looking for from its new offensive coordinator, David Blough, and more  ...

Segment 1 - Show open and listener feedback   Segment 2 - Guest: ABC7 sports director Scott Abraham on lessons for the Washington Commanders with quarterback Jayden Daniels from the Buffalo Bills with quarterback Josh Allen off the Bills firing head coach Sean McDermott and still not having advanced to a Super Bowl in the Josh Allen Era, including whether the Bills are wasting having an elite quar...

Segment 1 - Show open, including reaction to the Washington Commanders reportedly promoting assistant offensive-line coach Darnell Stapleton to offensive-line coach and reportedly promoting offensive-quality-control coach Shane Toub to assistant offensive-line coach, and listener feedback   Segment 2 - Guest: Atlanta Falcons insider D. Orlando Ledbetter of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution on the W...