The Al Galdi Podcast

Segment 1 - Show open and listener feedback   Segment 2 - Washington Commanders: analysis of quarterback Jayden Daniels having suffered a dislocated left elbow and receiver Luke McCaffrey having suffered a broken collarbone in the 38-14 loss to the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday Night Football and reaction to head coach Dan Quinn during his day-after-the-game press conference admitting to having been...

Segment 1 - Show open and listener feedback   Segment 2 - Washington Commanders: in-depth reaction to quarterback Jayden Daniels suffering a left-elbow injury in a 38-14 loss to the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday Night Football and an examination of the state of the Commanders' season, including why the team should be a seller regarding the 2025 NFL Trade Deadline   Segment 3 - Washington Commanders:...

Segment 1 - Show open, reaction to the Washington Nationals reportedly hiring Tampa Bay Rays senior director of player development Blake Butera as manager and listener feedback   Segment 2 - Washington Commanders: breakdown of the latest injury report for the team for its game against the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday Night Football and discussion of comments from offensive coordinator Kliff Kingsbur...

Segment 1 - Show open and listener feedback   Segment 2 - Washington Commanders: reaction to a good news/bad news day for the team in terms of injury news with quarterback Jayden Daniels fully practicing and being poised to return from a one-game absence caused by a hamstring injury but also receiver Terry McLaurin having re-injured his quadriceps and being out for a fifth time in six games and pe...

Segment 1 - Show open and listener feedback   Segment 2 - Washington Commanders: discussion of the state of the team's season   Segment 3 - Washington Commanders: analysis of the offense off head coach Dan Quinn's day-after-the-game press conference off the 28-7 loss at the Kansas City Chiefs on Monday Night Football, including Quinn getting snippy regarding a question about quarterback Jayden Dan...

Segment 1 - Show open and listener feedback   Segment 2 - Washington Commanders: why Galdi has come to hate the Commanders' 2025 season, examination of the latest bad injury luck for the team and analysis of the Commanders' defense in the 28-7 loss at the Kansas City Chiefs on Monday Night Football   Segment 3 - Washington Commanders: breakdown of the performance of quarterback Marcus Mariota in t...

Segment 1 - Show open and listener feedback   Segment 2 - Washington Commanders: analysis of the offense versus the Kansas Chiefs' defense in preparation for the Commanders' game at the Chiefs on Monday Night Football, including receivers Terry McLaurin and Deebo Samuel Sr. each being set to play off having been out due to injury and what the Commanders are facing in the Chiefs' quality defense  ...

Segment 1 - Show open and listener feedback   Segment 2 - Washington Commanders: discussion of the offense, including the team going with Marcus Mariota as its starting quarterback over the injured Jayden Daniels for the game at the Kansas City Chiefs on Monday Night Football and receivers Terry McLaurin and Deebo Samuel Sr. fully practicing off being out with injury   Segment 3 - Washington Comma...

Segment 1 - Show open, reaction to Washington Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels reportedly being out for the team's game at the Kansas City Chiefs on Monday Night Football due to his right-hamstring injury, Washington Redskins legends Brian Mitchell and London Fletcher advancing in voting for the Pro Football Hall of Fame and Washington Nationals left fielder James Wood being a finalist for a...

Segment 1 - Show open and listener feedback   Segment 2 - Guest: Commanders analyst Mark Bullock of Bullock's Film Room on Substack with an All-22-style deep dive on the team's reeling defense, including why it's salvageable, what's going wrong and why and potential personnel and schematic fixes   Segment 3 - Guest: Washington Wizards insider Chase Hughes of Monumental Sports Network with a previe...

Segment 1 - Show open and listener feedback   Segment 2 - Washington Commanders: discussion of the state of the team's season off head coach Dan Quinn's day-after-the-game press conference off the 44-22 loss at the Dallas Cowboys, including whether the Commanders should be open to being a seller regarding the 2025 NFL Trade Deadline   Segment 3 - Washington Commanders: reaction to quarterback Jayd...

Segment 1 - Show open and listener feedback   Segment 2 - Washington Commanders: deep dive on the offense in the 44-22 loss at the Dallas Cowboys, including quarterback Jayden Daniels getting injured, he and QB2 Marcus Mariota not being at their best and the rushing offense getting stuffed by a supposedly-bad run defense for a second consecutive game   Segment 3 - Washington Commanders: breakdown...

Segment 1 - Show open and listener feedback   Segment 2 - Washington Commanders: discussion of the offense versus the Dallas Cowboys' defense in preparation for the Commanders' game at the Cowboys, including bad news on receivers Terry McLaurin and Deebo Samuel Sr. on the Commanders' latest injury report, key stats for the game and analysis of the state of the offense and of running back Jacory Cr...

Segment 1 - Show open, breakdown of Washington Nationals center fielder Jacob Young being a Gold Glove Award finalist and listener feedback   Segment 2 - Washington Commanders: discussion of the offense, including reaction to the team placing receiver Noah Brown on the Reserve/Injured List, analysis of the potential return of receiver Terry McLaurin and other items from a busy injury report in ter...

Segment 1 - Show open and listener feedback   Segment 2 - Washington Commanders: discussion of the state of the team's season and the team's inconsistent nature off head coach Dan Quinn's day-after-the-game press conference off the 25-24 walk-off loss to the Chicago Bears on Monday Night Football   Segment 3 - Washington Commanders: analysis of the offense off head coach Dan Quinn's day-after-the-...

Segment 1 - Show open and listener feedback   Segment 2 - Washington Commanders: analysis of the three biggest reasons for the 25-24 walk-off loss to the Chicago Bears on Monday Night Football, including a bad game for the defense and a very disappointing game for the rushing offense   Segment 3 - Washington Commanders: breakdown of how quarterback Jayden Daniels in the the 25-24 walk-off loss to...

Segment 1 - Show open and listener feedback   Segment 2 - Washington Commanders: reaction to receivers Terry McLaurin and Noah Brown being out for the game against the Chicago Bears on Monday Night Football and other injury news for the game and thoughts on running back running back Jacory Croskey-Merritt off comments from head coach Dan Quinn   Segment 3 - Guest: Zack Pearson, Chicago Bears insid...

Segment 1 - Show open and listener feedback   Segment 2 - Washington Commanders: discussion of the offense, including the latest on receivers Terry McLaurin and Noah Brown and right guard Samuel Cosmi potentially being back for the team in its game against the Chicago Bears on Monday Night Football and reaction to comments from offensive coordinator Kliff Kingsbury on quarterback Jayden Daniels' p...

Segment 1 - Show open and listener feedback   Segment 2 - Washington Commanders: the latest on receivers Terry McLaurin and Noah Brown and right guard Samuel Cosmi potentially being back for the team in its game against the Chicago Bears on Monday Night Football and analysis of the Commanders having an elite rushing offense   Segment 3 - Washington Commanders: discussion of head coach Dan Quinn an...

Segment 1 - Show open and listener feedback   Segment 2 - Guest: Washington Commanders radio play-by-play announcer Bram Weinstein on the team's 3-2 start in the NFL's 2025 regular season, including why and how he's surprised by a number of things with the Commanders, what he makes of the Jekyll-and-Hyde nature of the defense, why the defensive line is much improved, why he's optimistic about corn...

Segment 1 - Show open and listener feedback   Segment 2 - Washington Commanders: discussion of the offense off head coach Dan Quinn's day-after-the-game press conference off the 27-10 win at the Los Angeles Chargers, including advanced stats that make quarterback Jayden Daniels' return from a two-game absence caused by a left-knee injury look even better, analysis of two major forces for the offen...

Segment 1 - Show open and listener feedback   Segment 2 - Washington Commanders: analysis of the offense in the 27-10 win at the Los Angeles Chargers, including a successful return for quarterback Jayden Daniels from a two-game absence caused by a left-knee injury and a breakout game for running back Jacory Croskey-Merritt   Segment 3 - Washington Commanders: breakdown of a bounce-back performance...

Segment 1 - Show open and listener feedback   Segment 2 - Washington Commanders: analysis of the latest lengthy injury report for the Commanders and of injury news for the Los Angeles Chargers in preparation for the Commanders' game at the Chargers and discussion of notable comments from offensive coordinator Kliff Kingsbury and defensive coordinator Joe Whitt Jr., including Kingsbury on the expec...

Segment 1 - Show open and listener feedback   Segment 2 - Washington Commanders: discussion of quarterback Jayden Daniels off him fully practicing for the first time since suffering his left-knee injury and thoughts on other injury news with the offense, including the team opening the 21-day practice window for right guard Samuel Cosmi   Segment 3 - Washington Commanders: analysis of the defense a...

Segment 1 - Show open and listener feedback   Segment 2 - Guest: Commanders analyst Mark Bullock of MarkBullock. Substack.com with an All-22-style breakdown of the struggles of the Commanders' defense, including why the problems in pass coverage are more on the players than on defensive coordinator Joe Whitt Jr., whether Mike Sainristil should go move from slot corner to outside corner, whether Ma...