The Al Galdi Podcast

Segment 1 - Show open and listener feedback

Segment 2 - Washington Commanders: reaction to quarterback Jayden Daniels suffering a dislocated left elbow in a 37-20 loss at the Dallas Cowboys and more from the game, including the controversial circumstance in which Daniels got injured, the extent to which Daniels and quarterback Marcus Mariota played well and a disappointing performance by the defense

Segment 3 - College Football: discussion of Maryland's 35-26 home loss to Virginia Tech in a game that became a quarterback duel and more from the 2026 regular season's Week 3 as it re...

Segment 1 - Show open and listener feedback, including reaction to the Washington Nationals reinstating pitcher Josiah Gray from the 60-Day Injured List and reportedly nearing a contract extension with starting pitcher Cade Cavalli

Segment 2 - Washington Commanders: discussion of Washington's offense versus the Dallas Cowboys' defense, including a breakdown of Washington's latest injury report in terms of offensive players and analysis off comments from offensive coordinator David Blough, including what Washington is facing in Dallas' defense, Blough's evaluation of the passing offense in the 24-22 loss at the Philadelphia Eagles, Blough expressing displeasure with the s...

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Segment 2 - Washington Commanders: discussion of the offense, including a breakdown of the team's initial injury report for the game at the Dallas Cowboys in terms of offensive players, quarterback Jayden Daniels admitting to having been "anxious" in the 24-22 loss at the Philadelphia Eagles, Daniels and head coach Dan Quinn with insight on why receiver Terry McLaurin got just four targets, high praise from Quinn for receiver Antonio Williams' impressive NFL regular-season debut, Quinn's explanation for why Washington had receivers Treylon Burks and Luke McCaffrey as healthy i...

Segment 1 - Show open and listener feedback, including reaction to the Washington Capitals signing wingers Ryan Leonard and Justin Sourdif to eight-year contract extensions

Segment 2 - Guest: Washington Commanders analyst Mark Bullock of Bullock's Film Room on Substack with an All-22-style deep dive on Washington's 24-22 loss at the Philadelphia Eagles, including why quarterback Jayden Daniels was so much better in the fourth quarter as to compared to how he played over the first three quarters, why receiver Terry McLaurin had just four targets, how the offensive line did, what and who were especially i...

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Segment 2 - Washington Commanders: discussion of the offense off the 24-22 loss at the Philadelphia Eagles and off head coach Dan Quinn's day-after-the-game press conference, including quarterback Jayden Daniels' performance now looking even better, clarity on Washington's failed two-point-conversion attempt, why receiver Terry McLaurin had just four targets, the extent to which receiver Antonio Williams did well in his NFL regular-season debut and a breakdown of playing-time percentages

Segment 3 - Washington Commanders: discussion of the defense off the 24-22 loss at the Philadelphia Eagles an...

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Segment 2 - Washington Commanders: analysis of a 24-22 loss at the Philadelphia Eagles in Week 1 of the NFL's 2026 regular season, including why the loss was primarily on the offense, a mixed game for quarterback Jayden Daniels, the killer 15-yard unsportsmanlike-conduct penalty by receiver Stefon Diggs, the low shotgun snaps of center Nick Allegretti, a bad two-point-conversion attempt and the defense giving too many explosive plays but also doing a number of good things

Segment 3 - College Football: discussion of a standout performance by Maryland qu...

Segment 1 - Show open and listener feedback, including reaction to Washington Commanders punter Tress Way announcing that the 2026 season likely will be his final season as a player

Segment 2 - Washington Commanders: discussion of the offense versus the Philadelphia Eagles' defense, including the latest on injured Washington offensive players and analysis off comments from offensive coordinator David Blough, including what Washington is facing in the Eagles' imposing defense, quarterback Jayden Daniels being poised for a bounce-back season, a significant reveal on how Washington has worked with Daniels to get better at avoiding unnecessary hits and t...

Segment 1 - Show open and listener feedback, including an email with a very pessimistic outlook on Washington Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels and Washington Commanders head coach Dan Quinn

Segment 2 - Washington Commanders: breakdown of an encouraging initial injury report for the team's regular-season-opening game at the Philadelphia Eagles and conversation about the difficulty of Washington's 2026 regular-season schedule, the front-loaded nature of the schedule in terms of NFC East games, the readiness of Washington for its 2026 regular season and more off comments from head coach Dan Quinn

Segment 3 - Washington Commanders: discussion of...

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Segment 2 - Guest: NFL Draft analyst and NFL analyst (and Washington Commanders fan) Ryan Fowler of NBC Sports Philadelphia on Washington's 2026 regular-season opener at the Philadelphia Eagles, including why he's bullish on Washington in the 2026 regular season, Fowler's concerns with Washington at cornerback and center, why Fowler believes in Brandon Coleman as Washington's starting left tackle, why Fowler is a big fan of Washington having receiver Stefon Diggs, why Philadelphia's offense is a major worry for Eagles fans, why Washington quarterback Jayden Daniels is better equipped for his n...

Segment 1 - Show open and listener feedback, including thoughts on how Washington Commanders general manager Adam Peters has handled the center position going into the 2026 regular season

Segment 2 - Washington Commanders: discussion of more good injury news, head coach Dan Quinn declaring five season-long captains in a revamping of how he does captains (and in the latest sign that Quinn recognizes how important Washington's 2026 regular season is for his job security), Washington bringing back receiver Van Jefferson via signing him as an unrestricted free agent to the practice squad, Quinn on the readiness of Washington f...

Segment 1 - Show open and listener feedback, including thoughts on whether Washington Commanders general manager Adam Peters should be on the hot seat

Segment 2 - Guest: Washington Commanders insider and Washington Wizards insider Ben Standig of Last Man Standig on Substack on why Washington Commanders general manager Adam Peters has struck a deal to do regular appearances on 106.7 The Fan and on the concerns with and reasons for confidence in the Washington Commanders in their 2026 regular season

Segment 3 - College Football: discussion of wins for Maryland, Navy, Virginia Tech, Old Dominion an...

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Segment 2 - Guest: Nick Akridge, co-host of The District Film Room on X and YouTube, with in-depth analysis of Washington Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels as he enters his third NFL season, including how we should process Daniels' injury-ruined 2025 season, why Akridge believes that Daniels can thrive in the offense of new offensive coordinator David Blough, what to make of the supporting cast for Daniels on offense, why Akridge has faith in the WR1-WR2 duo of Terry McLaurin and Stefon Diggs, why Akridge is more concerned about Nick A...

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Segment 2 - Washington Commanders: discussion of the defense off comments from head coach Dan Quinn, including good news on outside linebackers K'Lavon Chaisson and Odafe Oweh, what stands out about outside linebacker Joshua Josephs, an apparent update on the green-dot role, how inside linebacker Sonny Styles is doing and what Washington has with its defensive linemen

Segment 3 - Washington Commanders: discussion of the offense off comments from head coach Dan Quinn, including insight on Washington reducing its no-huddle rate, Quinn revealing that the area in...

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Segment 2 - Washington Commanders: latest on key injuries, a practice-squad update and conversation about a variety of topics off comments from assistant general manager Lance Newmark, including Washington's faith in Nick Allegretti as the starting center, the development of center/guard Matt Gulbin the rise of undrafted rookie guard Tanoa Togiai, why Washington has quarterback Sam Hartman on the practice squad for a third consecutive season and what Washington likes about quarterback Athan Kaliakmanis

Segment 3 - Washington Commanders: discussion of the state of Washington's ro...

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Segment 2 - Washington Commanders: discussion of Washington signing 12 players to the team's practice squad, other roster moves by the team and a joint press conference for general manager Adam Peters and head coach Dan Quinn, including the machinations of why Washington waited a day to put left tackle Laremy Tunsil and defensive lineman Johnny Newton on the Reserve/Injured List and in-depth conversation about Peters and Quinn defending what the team has at center and cornerback

Segment 3 - Washington Nationals: reaction to a shocking tw...

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Segment 2 - Washington Commanders: breakdown of what Washington did in its Cutdown To 53 for the 2026 season

Segment 3 - Washington Commanders: discussion of Washington's preseason-ending 41-3 loss at the Baltimore Ravens, including how much we should take from the game given that Washington didn't play 41 players

Segment 4 - Washington Nationals: examination of the Nats winning two of the first three games of a four-game series against the Miami Marlins at Nationals Park, including a 5-4 10-inning walk-off win for the Nats' fir...

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Segment 2 - Guest: Eric Flack, chief investigative reporter for WUSA9, on his reporting on the Washington Commanders in their team store at Northwest Stadium selling t-shirts honoring former Washington Redskins players with "Washington Redskins" on the back of each shirt, including the legitimacy of the reasoning that the team has given for selling this merch, whether the merch is here to stay, what to make of the team continually saying that it's sticking with the name Commanders while the team keeps moving closer to the name Redskins, the l...

Segment 1 - Show open and listener feedback, including conversation about the situation between Washington Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels and LSU

Segment 2 - Washington Commanders: discussion of Washington signing unrestricted-free-agent offensive tackle D.J. Humphries and analysis of Washington's joint practice at the Baltimore Ravens, including a very rough performance by the offense thanks to continued struggles for the offensive line (especially at center)

Segment 3 - Washington Nationals: thoughts on a 13-1 loss to the Colorado Rockies at Nationals Park

Segment 4 - Baltimore Orioles: breakdown of an 8-7 win...

Segment 1 - Show open and listener feedback, including reaction to intel on why the Washington Commanders in their team store at Northwest Stadium now are selling t-shirts honoring former Washington Redskins players with "Washington Redskins" on the back of each shirt

Segment 2 - Washington Commanders: discussion of the team releasing safety Will Harris and examination of the latest on Washington's concerning injury situation

Segment 3 - Guest: AJ Schulte of Cover 4 Quarters on Substack with an All-22-style refutation of the narrative that Washington Commanders linebacker Sonny Styles has played poorly over th...

Segment 1 - Show open and listener feedback, including conversation about the situation between Washington Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels and LSU

Segment 2 - Washington Commanders: key injury updates and discussion of the urgency being displayed by head coach Dan Quinn via him adding a full practice when only a walk-through had been scheduled and referring to Washington in its 17-13 preseason loss at the Detroit Lions at times being "in disarray"

Segment 3 - Washington Commanders: analysis of a variety of items off comments from head coach Dan Quinn, including the likelihood of qu...

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Segment 2 - Washington Commanders: discussion of the lack of playing time for quarterback Jayden Daniels and other starters/key players on offense in the 17-13 preseason loss at the Detroit Lions, reaction to the three-and-out on Daniels' lone drive in the game (including further reason for concern at center) and thoughts on Daniels being asked about his situation with LSU

Segment 3 - Washington Commanders: conversation about various items from the 17-13 preseason loss at the Detroit Lions, including Athan Kaliakmanis solidifying his case for be...

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Segment 2 - Washington Commanders: conversation about the latest on Washington playing starters/key players in the team's preseason game at the Detroit Lions and about the many injuries for Washington off comments from head coach Dan Quinn, including an examination of the situation at center with Nick Allegretti having aggravated his recovering calf muscle and thoughts on defensive tackle Johnny Newton being expected to miss a significant portion of the 2026 regular season due to a torn pectoral muscle

Segment 3 - Washington Commanders: discussion of tw...

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Segment 2 - Washington Commanders: reaction to a growing list of injuries for Washington, including defensive tackle Johnny Newton suffering a torn pectoral muscle, as the team's bad injury luck from the 2025 regular season is carrying over to the team's 2026 training camp and 2026 preseason

Segment 3 - Washington Commanders: discussion of the great training camp that quarterback Jayden Daniels is having off head coach Dan Quinn detailing some of the intricacies of Daniels' camp, examination of Washington needing to be better at generating takeaways, Quinn's desire fo...

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Segment 2 - Washington Commanders: discussion of whether quarterback Jayden Daniels and other starters/key players should play in the preseason, head coach Dan Quinn saying that Daniels is having "an incredible training camp," the latest on injured quarterback Marcus Mariota, Quinn declaring that Drew Stevens defeated Jake Moody in the kicker competition, clarity seemingly emerging for Washington at running back as we approach the Cutdown To 53 and more

Segment 3 - Washington Nationals: analysis of a 5-0 loss at the Texas Rangers and reaction to th...

Segment 1 - Show open and listener feedback, including reaction to reports that the Washington Commanders are releasing kicker Jake Moody and discussion of the potential financial hit for CJ Abrams via the Washington Nationals moving him from being primarily a shortstop to being primarily a second baseman

Segment 2 - Guest: New England Patriots insider Taylor Kyles of Patriots on CLNS with analysis of Washington Commanders receiver Stefon Diggs and Washington Commanders outside linebacker K'Lavon Chaisson off each player having spent the 2025 season with the Pats, including what Washington is getting in Diggs, how the Pats i...

Segment 1 - Show open and listener feedback, including thoughts on Washington Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels being criticized and mocked for his situation with LSU

Segment 2 - Washington Commanders: discussion of the impact of quarterback Marcus Mariota suffering a sprained MCL in his right knee in Washington's preseason-opening 20-7 win over the Miami Dolphins at Northwest Stadium, assessments of the performances of quarterbacks Athan Kaliakmanis and Sam Hartman in the game, updates on the recoveries of other injured players in center Nick Allegretti, tight end John Bates, running back Jeremy McNichols and cornerback Trey Amos and r...

Segment 1 - Show open and listener feedback, including discussion of a bizarre situation between Washington Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels and LSU

Segment 2 - Guest: Mitch Tischler, co-host of Monumental Sports Network's Beltway Football podcast, on the Washington Commanders' offensive line, including the significance of the loss of left tackle Laremy Tunsil to a torn triceps, why Tischler very much endorses Washington going with Brandon Coleman as the starting left tackle in place of Tunsil, the extent to which Washington is committed to Coleman as the starting left tackle, why it was best for Washington to k...

Segment 1 - Show open and listener feedback, including reaction to a major injury for Maryland Football and a salute to former Washington Wizards star Russell Westbrook off him announcing his retirement

Segment 2 - Washington Commanders: breakdown of Washington's joint practice with the Miami Dolphins, including quarterback Jayden Daniels having an excellent practice and Washington's defense doing well

Segment 3 - Washington Commanders: examination of the value of the team off it being valued at $9.64 billion per Sportico

Segment 4 - Washington Nationals: analysis of a 12-6 loss to the Chi...

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Segment 2 - Washington Commanders: discussion of the offense off comments from head coach Dan Quinn, including why Galdi likes how Washington is handling left tackle Laremy Tunsil having suffered a torn triceps, Quinn being adamant that Brandon Coleman now is Washington's starting left tackle, Quinn admitting to being concerned about the offensive line, leadership being displayed by Tunsil and Quinn explaining what the team having Stefon Diggs is meaning for other Washington receivers

Segment 3 - Washington Commanders: conversation about the defense off comments from he...

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Segment 2 - Washington Commanders: conversation about what Washington is losing in left tackle Laremy Tunsil being out for at least a significant portion of the 2026 regular season due to a torn triceps and discussion of what Washington has in Brandon Coleman as he returns to left tackle off comments from head coach Dan Quinn and offensive coordinator David Blough

Segment 3 - Washington Commanders: discussion about a variety topics off comments from head coach Dan Quinn and offensive coordinator David Blough, including an injury update on...

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Segment 2 - Washington Commanders: reaction to left tackle Laremy Tunsil reportedly having suffered a torn triceps that could have him out for all of the 2026 season

Segment 3 - Washington Commanders: discussion of receiver Stefon Diggs off Washington officially signing him as an unrestricted free agent and off comments from Diggs and head coach Dan Quinn, including insight from Diggs on why we signed with Washington and what he brings to Washington and Quinn very much indicating how Washington will use Diggs

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Segment 1 - Show open and listener feedback, including reaction to a report that the Washington Wizards will not have "any meaningful talks" with Anthony Davis about a contract extension until at least the NBA's 2026-2027 regular season

Segment 2 - Guest: Washington Commanders analyst Mark Bullock of Bullock's Film Room on Substack with All-22-style analysis of what Washington is getting in receiver Stefon Diggs and what Washington has in cornerback Rasul Douglas, including how Diggs is Washington's best WR2 during its time with Terry McLaurin as WR1, how the McLaurin-Diggs duo compares with the Washington R...

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Segment 2 - Washington Commanders: in-depth reaction to Washington reportedly agreeing with unrestricted-free-agent receiver Stefon Diggs on a one-year contract worth up to $12 million

Segment 3 - Washington Commanders: conversation about the offense continuing to do well in training camp, head coach Dan Quinn expressing happiness with the team now moving receiver Terry McLaurin around more in terms of where he lines up, linebacker Frankie Luvu being Washington's primary green-dot guy on defense so far in training camp, an explanation of the differences between outside linebackers an...

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Segment 2 - Washington Commanders: conversation about Washington signing unrestricted-free-agent cornerback and former Washington Redskins cornerback Fabian Moreau, cornerback Ahkello Witherspoon retiring, how the first padded practice of 2026 Washington Commanders Training Camp went, the lack of veteran-rest days during this training camp, updates on the competitions at center and left guard and more off comments from head coach Dan Quinn

Segment 3 - Washington Commanders: discussion of the kicker competition, quarterback Jayden Daniels, receiver Antonio Williams, linebacker Sonny Styles and outside linebacker Odafe Oweh off comments fr...

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Segment 2 - Washington Commanders: injury updates, examination of Washington having signed unrestricted-free-agent center Trey Hill, details of the first padded practice of 2026 Washington Commanders Training Camp and conversation about the nature of the padded practice off comments from head coach Dan Quinn

Segment 3 - Washington Commanders: discussion of quarterback Jayden Daniels, tight end Chig Okonkwo, right guard Samuel Cosmi, outside linebacker Odafe Oweh and more off comments from Quinn, Okonkwo and Oweh, including Quinn saying that Daniels so far in 2026 Washington Commanders Training Camp is...

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Segment 2 - Washington Commanders: discussion of receiver Treylon Burks already being back from foot soreness, tight end John Bates being out multiple weeks due to a hamstring strain, the latest on center Nick Allegretti as he recovers from a calf strain, the modern thinking governing how head coach Dan Quinn runs training camp, the mantra of BMF being adopted by Quinn for his team and more 

Segment 3 - Washington Commanders: breakdown of head coach Dan Quinn essentially admitting that his style of defense has bec...

Segment 1 - Show open and listener feedback, including thoughts on the drumbeat for the Washington Commanders potentially signing unrestricted-free-agent receiver Stefon Diggs growing louder and reaction to the Washington Wizards announcing that Jamir Watkins suffered a torn left ACL during the team's play in NBA Summer League 2026 in Las Vegas

Segment 2 - Washington Commanders: injury news and updates from training camp and conversation about the defense being ahead of the offense, the usage of GoPro cameras on quarterbacks, the work ethic of quarterback Jayden Daniels and more off comments from head coach Dan Quinn and r...

Segment 1 - Show open and listener feedback, including conversation about where we are with the state of the Washington Commanders' roster

Segment 2 - Washington Commanders: injury news and updates from the first day of practice at 2026 Washington Commanders Training Camp and perspective from head coach Dan Quinn on his reason for early practices at camp and on his outlook on the team off it having had two very different seasons with him as its head coach

Segment 3 - Washington Commanders: discussion of four key offensive players for Washington in quarterback Jayden Da...

Segment 1 - Show open and listener feedback, including conversation about whether the San Francisco 49ers are holding receiver Brandon Aiyuk hostage given his desire to play for the Washington Commanders

Segment 2 - Washington Commanders: discussion of comments from general manager Adam Peters and head coach Dan Quinn at a joint press conference as 2026 Washington Commanders Training Camp begins, including two injury reveals from Peters, insight from Peters on why Washington signed unrestricted-free-agent cornerback Rasul Douglas, an update from Quinn on who is coaching Washington tight ends, a comical interaction regarding San Francisco 49ers receiver Brandon A...

Segment 1 - Show open and listener feedback, including reaction to the Washington Commanders parting with tight ends coach Ben Steele, thoughts on a tragedy involving Kansas City Chiefs offensive coordinator and former Washington assistant head coach/offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy and the latest from San Francisco 49ers receiver Brandon Aiyuk in his quest to play for Washington

Segment 2 - Guest: Washington Commanders radio play-by-play announcer Bram Weinstein with a preview of 2026 Washington Commanders Training Camp, including what he's looking forward to seeing, what head coach Dan Quinn meant in saying that he expects this camp "t...