The Al Galdi Podcast

Segment 1 - Show open and listener feedback   Segment 2 - Washington Commanders: reaction to and discussion of quarterback Jayden Daniels being out for the team's game at the New York Giants due to hurting his left elbow, marking him being out for a seventh time in 14 games for the Commanders in the 2025 regular season   Segment 3 - Washington Commanders: breakdown of the team's initial injury rep...

Segment 1 - Show open and listener feedback   Segment 2 - Guest: Washington Commanders analyst Mark Bullock of MarkBullock. Substack.com with an All-22-style deep dive on quarterback Jayden Daniels in terms of his performance in the 31-0 loss at the Minnesota Vikings and his overall 2025 season   Segment 3 - Washington Commanders: breakdown of the struggles of Dan Quinn defenses against Shanahan-s...

Segment 1 - Show open, thoughts on the Washington Nationals potentially trading starting pitcher MacKenzie Gore and/or shortstop CJ Abrams and listener feedback   Segment 2 - Washington Commanders: discussion of ESPN NFL insider Adam Schefter saying that he believes that the team should shut down quarterback Jayden Daniels for the rest of the 2025 season   Segment 3 - Washington Commanders: reacti...

Segment 1 - Show open and listener feedback   Segment 2 - Washington Commanders: conversation about an especially bothersome aspect of the team's disappointing season and a deep dive on a dismal performance by the offense in a 31-0 loss at the Minnesota Vikings, including the disappointing return of quarterback Jayden Daniels, an apparent serious knee injury for tight end Zach Ertz and curious pla...

Segment 1 - Show open and listener feedback   Segment 2 - Washington Commanders: reaction to quarterback Jayden Daniels fully practicing for the first time since suffering his dislocated left elbow, more good news on receiver Noah Brown, thoughts on safety Darnell Savage asking to be released by the team and discussion of comments by offensive coordinator Kliff Kingsbury on right tackle Josh Coner...

Segment 1 - Show open, reaction to legendary former Washington Redskins offensive lineman Joe Jacoby again being snubbed by the Pro Football Hall of Fame's voting process and listener feedback   Segment 2 - Washington Commanders: discussion of the offense in preparation for the team's game at the Minnesota Vikings, including whether quarterback Jayden Daniels might play, good news on receiver Noah...

Segment 1 - Show open and listener feedback   Segment 2 - Washington Commanders: discussion of why offensive coordinator Kliff Kingsbury deserves more credit for the work that he's doing   Segment 3 - Guest: Minnesota Vikings insider Matthew Coller of Purple Insider on Substack and of the Purple Insider with Matthew Coller podcast on the Vikings in preparation for the Washington Commanders' game a...

Segment 1 - Show open, including reaction to reports that James Madison head football coach Bob Chesney is leaving to become UCLA's head coach, and listener feedback   Segment 2 - Washington Commanders: examination of the likelihood of quarterback Jayden Daniels soon being back off head coach Dan Quinn's day-after-the-game press conference off the 27-26 overtime loss to the Denver Broncos on Sunda...

Segment 1 - Show open and listener feedback   Segment 2 - Washington Commanders: deep dive on the offense in a 27-26 overtime loss to the Denver Broncos on Sunday Night Football, including a clutch performance by quarterback Marcus Mariota and impactful returns by receivers Terry McLaurin and Treylon Burks   Segment 3 - Washington Commanders: conversation about quarterbacks coach Tavita Pritchard...

Segment 1 - Show open, thoughts on Washington Redskins legends Brian Mitchell and London Fletcher not being semifinalists for the Pro Football Hall of Fame's Class of 2026, reaction to Washington Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels' first public comments since suffering his dislocated left elbow, discussion of the rise of former Commanders cornerback Emmanuel Forbes Jr. with the Los Angeles Rams...

Segment 1 - Show open and listener feedback   Segment 2 - Washington Commanders: discussion off head coach Dan Quinn's post-bye-week press conference of quarterback Jayden Daniels returning to practice and of good news regarding three other players coming off injury in receivers Terry McLaurin and Noah Brown and safety Will Harris   Segment 3 - Washington Commanders: conversation off head coach Da...

Segment 1 - Show open and listener feedback   Segment 2 - Guest: Washington Commanders insider Nicki Jhabvala of The Athletic on her having anticipated the team having a disappointing 2025 season, how the vibe for the Commanders was off during training camp, whether the team needs to undergo a rebuild, her evaluation of quarterback Jayden Daniels' play in the NFL's 2025 regular season, the likelih...

Segment 1 - Show open and listener feedback   Segment 2 - Guest: Steven Ruiz, NFL analyst and quarterback ranker for The Ringer, on his redraft of the quarterbacks in the 2024 NFL Draft, Washington Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels vs. New England Patriots quarterback Drake Maye given that the Commanders chose Daniels over Maye with the No. 2-overall pick in that draft, how the player taken wi...

Segment 1 - Show open and listener feedback   Segment 2 - Guest: Washington Commanders analyst Mark Bullock of MarkBullock. Substack.com with All-22-style deep dives on what was different about the defense with head coach Dan Quinn as defensive coordinator in the 16-13 overtime loss to the Miami Dolphins in Spain, what to make of the benching of safety Quan Martin, why the rushing offense in the l...

Segment 1 - Show open and listener feedback   Segment 2 - Guest: Pro Football Focus data analyst Dalton Wasserman, co-host of The PFF College Football Show podcast, on the Washington Commanders potentially having a top-10 pick in the 2026 NFL Draft, including the possibility of the team trading down with a quarterback-needy team and the position groups of strength in the draft   Segment 3 - Washin...

Segment 1 - Show open, reaction to Virginia Tech hiring James Franklin as its head football coach and listener feedback   Segment 2 - Washington Commanders: breakdown of the team releasing kicker Matt Gay, continuing the franchise's instability at kicker   Segment 3 - Washington Commanders: analysis of the state of the team's season and of the defense in the 16-13 overtime loss to the Miami Dolphi...

Segment 1 - Show open, launch of Operation Lose Out 2.0 and listener feedback   Segment 2 - Washington Commanders: objective of Operation Lose Out 2.0, a look at the team's many "losing-time" moments in the 16-13 overtime loss to the Miami Dolphins in Spain and a breakdown of quarterback Marcus Mariota in the game   Segment 3 - Washington Commanders: analysis of a variety of items from the 16-13 o...

Segment 1 - Show open and listener feedback   Segment 2 - Washington Commanders: breakdown of the team's latest injury report for the game against the Miami Dolphins in Spain, discussion of whether Commanders quarterbacks should be operating more under center and a look at the connections that Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel and his coaching staff have to Commanders head coach Dan Quinn and/or t...

Segment 1 - Show open and listener feedback   Segment 2 - Washington Commanders: breakdown of the team's initial injury report for the game against the Miami Dolphins in Spain and discussion of various items addressed by Dan Quinn, including what changes with him now being both head coach and defensive coordinator, what he told interior defensive lineman Daron Payne off the NFL suspending him for...

Segment 1 - Show open and listener feedback   Segment 2 - Guest: Washington Commanders insider Ben Standig of LastManStandig. Substack.com on how and why the Commanders' 2025 season has gone wrong, including what was behind head coach Dan Quinn demoting Joe Whitt Jr. and taking over as defensive coordinator, whether injuries truly are the biggest reason for the team's disappointing season, how we...

Segment 1 - Show open and listener feedback   Segment 2 - Washington Commanders: analysis of head coach Dan Quinn demoting Joe Whitt Jr. and taking over as the team's defensive coordinator, reaction to cornerback Tre Amos having suffered a fractured fibula in the 44-22 loss to the Detroit Lions and discussion of the NFL suspending interior defensive lineman Daron Payne for one game without pay for...

Segment 1 - Show open and listener feedback   Segment 2 - Washington Commanders: examination of the state of the team's season and a proper bashing of the defense off its latest hideous performance in a 44-22 loss to the Detroit Lions   Segment 3 - Washington Commanders: why quarterback Jayden Daniels should not be shut down for the season, how quarterback Marcus Mariota played well in the 44-22 l...

Segment 1 - Show open and listener feedback   Segment 2 - Washington Commanders: breakdown of the team's latest injury report for the game against the Detroit Lions, examination of the Lions' defense and offense and discussion of comments from offensive coordinator Kliff Kingsbury and defensive coordinator Joe Whitt Jr., including Kingsbury on the Commanders' rushing offense and Whitt on him movin...

Segment 1 - Show open and listener feedback   Segment 2 - Washington Commanders: breakdown of the team's initial injury report for the game against the Detroit Lions in terms of offensive players and discussion of the offense and of the state of the team's season off comments from head coach Dan Quinn, including how the rushing offense is doing, how the team is handling having been walloped by inj...

Segment 1 - Show open, reaction to the Washington Commanders not making any trades on 2025 NFL Trade Deadline Day and listener feedback   Segment 2 - Guest: Washington Commanders analyst Mark Bullock of MarkBullock. Substack.com with All-22-style breakdowns of why the Commanders are having such a disappointing 2025 season, what's fair and accurate to say about general manager Adam Peters, the trut...