The Al Galdi Podcast

Segment 1 - Show open and listener feedback   Segment 2 - Guest: Washington Commanders insider Ben Standig of Last Man Standig on Substack on where we are in the team's search for a defensive coordinator, the pros and cons of Commanders defensive-coordinator candidate and Minnesota Vikings defensive coordinator Brian Flores, whether the offensive-coordinator hire or defensive-coordinator hire is m...

Segment 1 - Show open and listener feedback   Segment 2 - Guest: former NFL running back, legendary former Maryland running back and current sideline analyst for radio broadcasts of Maryland football games LaMont Jordan with analysis of and hard-hitting opinions on the Washington Commanders, including the team's receiving corps being too slow, the areas in which quarterback Jayden Daniels most nee...

Segment 1 - Show open and listener feedback   Segment 2 - Guest: Minnesota Vikings insider Matthew Coller of Purple Insider on Substack and of the Purple Insider with Matthew Coller podcast on the Washington Commanders interviewing Vikings defensive coordinator Brian Flores for the Commanders' defensive-coordinator vacancy, including why Flores leaving the Vikings for the Commanders is more likely...

Segment 1 - Show open and listener feedback   Segment 2 - Guest: Washington Commanders insider Tom Schad of The Washington Post on the nature of the Commanders' locker room during their 5-12 2025 regular season, when we should expect the team's defensive-coordinator search to be done, the likelihood of the Commanders' defensive-coordinator hire being someone with whom head Dan Quinn has not previo...

Segment 1 - Show open, including reaction to a variety of Washington Commanders-related items in the 2026 NFL Coaching Cycle, and listener feedback   Segment 2 - Guest: Pro Football Focus senior data analyst and Washington Commanders fan Nick Akridge on the team's search for a defensive coordinator and on the state of the team's defense, including what the Commanders should be looking for in a def...

Segment 1 - Show open and listener feedback   Segment 2 - Washington Commanders: breakdown of the team promoting assistant quarterbacks coach David Blough to offensive coordinator   Segment 3 - Washington Wizards: reaction to the team's trade for Trae Young being official and discussion of a 128-107 loss to the New Orleans Pelicans and a 112-93 loss at the Phoenix Suns   Segment 4 - Washington Cap...

Segment 1 - Show open, including reaction to Washington Commanders cornerback Marshon Lattimore being arrested, 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 potential offensive-coordinator candidates for the team, including why fired Miami Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel would be the dre...

Segment 1 - Show open, including thoughts on Las Vegas Raiders defensive coordinator Patrick Graham being a candidate to be Washington Commanders defensive coordinator and reaction to a report of major dysfunction within the Commanders, 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 why the...

Segment 1 - Show open and listener feedback   Segment 2 - Washington Commanders: analysis of the team parting with offensive coordinator Kliff Kingsbury, offensive-line coach Bobby Johnson and defensive coordinator Joe Whitt Jr. in a major coaching-staff shakeup   Segment 3 - Washington Wizards: breakdown of a 120-112 win over the Orlando Magic, improving the Wizards to 7-5 over their last 12 game...

Segment 1 - Show open and listener feedback   Segment 2 - Washington Commanders: discussion of comments from general manager Adam Peters and head coach Dan Quinn at their joint, season-ending press conference on what went wrong for the team in its disappointing 2025 season, potential coaching-staff changes (including Quinn not endorsing offensive coordinator Kliff Kingsbury), a specific defensive...

Segment 1 - Show open, reaction to the Washington Commanders ending their 2025 regular season with a 24-17 win at the Philadelphia Eagles to get the No. 7-overall pick in the 2026 NFL Draft and listener feedback   Segment 2 - Washington Commanders: analysis of reports suggesting that the team could part with offensive coordinator Kliff Kingsbury even if he doesn't get a head-coaching job in the NF...

Segment 1 - Show open and listener feedback   Segment 2 - Washington Commanders: breakdown of the team's latest injury report for the season-ending game at the Philadelphia Eagles, reaction to comments from Kliff Kingsbury during what was perhaps his final press conference as Commanders offensive coordinator on his head-coaching candidacy, quarterback Jayden Daniels' 2025 season, Kingsbury's regre...

Segment 1 - Show open and listener feedback   Segment 2 - Guest: Washington, D.C. sports-radio legend Andy Pollin, host of The Andy Pollin Show on ESPN 630, on if the Washington Commanders' 2025 season is the franchise's most disappointing season since the end of the Redskins' glory days and on why legendary former Skins offensive lineman Joe Jacoby still isn't in the Pro Football Hall of Fame   S...

Segment 1 - Show open and listener feedback   Segment 2 - Washington Commanders: reaction to good news on center Tyler Biadasz and injury updates on other key players and discussion of whether the team will - and why the team should not - play key players in its season finale at the Philadelphia Eagles off comments from head coach Dan Quinn   Segment 3 - Washington Commanders: thoughts on the benc...

Segment 1 - Show open and listener feedback   Segment 2 - Guest: Scott Jackson, co-host of The Official Commanders Postgame Show on the Washington Commanders Radio Network, on the apparent retirement of former Washington quarterback Taylor Heinicke, just how surprising the Commanders' disappointing 2025 season truly is, what to make of quarterback Jayden Daniels from a durability standpoint, wheth...

Segment 1 - Show open and listener feedback   Segment 2 - Washington Commanders: discussion of the 30-23 loss to the Dallas Cowboys on Christmas concluding the Commanders in their franchise-record eight stand-alone games in the 2025 regular season going 0-8 with a point differential of -77 and conversation about the team's atrocious injury luck in the 2025 regular season getting even worse   Segme...

Segment 1 - Show open and listener feedback   Segment 2 - Washington Commanders: discussion of three Commanders players - all special-teams players - who earned Pro Bowl honors for the 2025 regular season, led by punter Tress Way   Segment 3 - Washington Commanders: breakdown of the team's latest injury report for the game against the Dallas Cowboys on Christmas and conversation off comments from...

Segment 1 - Show open and listener feedback   Segment 2 - Washington Commanders: breakdown of the team's initial report for the game against the Dallas Cowboys on Christmas (including multiple players being placed on the Reserve/Injured List) and analysis of the Commanders signing quarterback Jeff Driskel off the Arizona Cardinals' practice squad, including whether he might start over Josh Johnson...

Segment 1 - Show open and listener feedback   Segment 2 - Washington Commanders: why it is time for the team's 2025 season to end, review of the injuries incurred by the Commanders in their 29-18 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles, analysis of quarterbacks Marcus Mariota and Josh Johnson and the defense in the loss to the Eagles and more   Segment 3 - Washington Commanders: discussion of the brawl be...

Segment 1 - Show open and listener feedback   Segment 2 - Washington Commanders: breakdown of the final injury reports for the team's game against the Philadelphia Eagles and discussion of left tackle Laremy Tunsil, tackle/guard Brandon Coleman, running backs Chris Rodriguez Jr. and Jacory Croskey-Merritt and edge defender Drake Jackson off comments from head coach Dan Quinn   Segment 3 - Washingt...

Segment 1 - Show open, reaction to the Washington Nationals reportedly hiring Philadelphia Phillies assistant general manager Ani Kilambi as general manager and listener feedback   Segment 2 - Washington Commanders: breakdown of the team's latest injury report for the game against the Philadelphia Eagles and discussion of comments from offensive coordinator Kliff Kingsbury on the Commanders shutti...

Segment 1 - Show open and listener feedback   Segment 2 - Washington Commanders: discussion of comments from head coach Dan Quinn and quarterback Jayden Daniels on the team shutting down Daniels for the rest of the 2025 season   Segment 3 - Washington Commanders: breakdown of the team's initial injury report for the game against the Philadelphia Eagles, reaction to the Commanders placing receiver...

Segment 1 - Show open and listener feedback   Segment 2 - Washington Commanders: analysis of the team shutting down quarterback Jayden Daniels for the rest of the 2025 season, including the complicated issue of his durability, who exactly made the decision to shut down Daniels and the opportunity for QB2 and unrestricted-free-agent-to-be Marcus Mariota   Segment 3 - Washington Commanders: an updat...

Segment 1 - Show open, reaction to the Washington Commanders ending their eight-game losing streak with a 29-21 win at the New York Giants and listener feedback   Segment 2 - Washington Commanders: analysis of the offense in the 29-21 win at the New York Giants, including a deep dive on the work of quarterback Marcus Mariota   Segment 3 - Washington Commanders: analysis of a good performance by th...

Segment 1 - Show open and listener feedback   Segment 2 - Washington Commanders: breakdown of the team's latest injury report for the game at the New York Giants and discussion of comments from offensive coordinator Kliff Kingsbury on the lack of practice time for the team's true offense in the 2025 season due to all of the injuries and on his play-calling in the 31-0 loss at the Minnesota Vikings...