The Al Galdi Podcast

18:12 - Guest: Pro Football Focus senior data analyst and Commanders fan Nick Akridge on the Commanders at their bye week, including how and why Jayden Daniels for the 2024 regular season is No. 3 among all qualified NFL quarterbacks in overall grade per PFF, how and why Daniels is doing just fine in the much-discussed metric pressure-to-sack rate, how the offensive line is doing, PFF-style grades for offensive coordinator Kliff Kingsbury and defensive coordinator Joe Whitt Jr., whether left tackle Brandon Coleman or cornerback Mike Sainristil has been the Commanders' second-best rookie, why the Commanders' run defense has been so bad, the Commanders' best and worst position groups and more

43:57 - College Basketball: thoughts on Maryland's 83-59 win over Ohio State, Virginia's 87-69 loss at No. 13 Florida and Virginia Tech's 80-64 loss to Vanderbilt

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16:10 - Guest: NFL and college football analyst Ryan Fowler of The Draft Network on the perceived position groups of strength in the 2025 NFL Draft, a running back who the Commanders should consider taking with their No. 29-overall pick in the draft, whether the Commanders' Brian Robinson Jr. is a true NFL RB1, the belief that the draft is not a good one for receivers, why the Commanders should do what they can to trade for Cleveland Browns edge defender Myles Garrett, breakdowns of the rookie seasons of three notable Commanders in cornerback Mike Sainristil, interior defensive lineman Johnny Newton and left tackle Brandon Coleman and more

40:51 - Capitals: discussion of a 4-3 win at the Philadelphia Flyers as left wing Alex Ovechkin had a strong game that included him scoring a goal to get to just 16 goals shy of surpassing Wayne Gretzky's record of 894 career NHL regular-season goals

47:57 - Wizards: deep dive on the four trades that the Wizards made in the lead-up to the 2025 NBA Trade Deadline, including why what was done was very good for the team's rebuild

59:20 - College Basketball: thoughts on No. 18 Maryland's 73-70 loss at Ohio State, Liberty's 77-53 win over Louisiana Tech and William & Mary's 86-66 loss at Drexel

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14:03 - Commanders: thoughts on incoming Commanders owner Josh Harris reportedly being set to meet with the NFL Finance Committee and the possibility of an expedited timeline for the finalizing of the sale of the team

17:34 - Guest: Commanders insider Sam Fortier of The Washington Post on the potential for edge defenders Montez Sweat and Chase Young to no-show the Commanders' mandatory minicamp, whether head coach Ron Rivera was bothered by Young not attending the team's first two weeks of OTA practices, what assistant head coach/offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy may be concocting with the Commanders' offense in terms of pre-snap motion and shifting, how quarterback Sam Howell is doing, whether Chris Rodriguez Jr. might emerge as the team's RB1 and more

38:56 - Nationals: analysis of the Nats losing two of three games to the Philadelphia Phillies...react to a major report on what's going on with starting pitcher Stephen Strasburg...and thoughts on the promotion of starting pitcher Jake Bennett to High-A Wilmington

57:09 - Orioles: breakdown of the O's winning two of three games at the San Francisco Giants to improve to a Major League-best 20-10 on the road

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12:12 - Commanders: analysis of the NFL inexplicably having the Commanders four times over the final nine weeks of the 2022 regular season play an opponent with three more days of rest than the Commanders will have...and some scheduled fun off Robert Griffin II saying that the Commanders "have surprise Super Bowl contender written all over them"

26:01 - Capitals: in-depth breakdown of what went wrong for the Caps in their first-round-series loss to the Florida Panthers in the 2022 Stanley Cup Playoffs and what now for the Caps off them having lost in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs in each of the last four seasons

58:29 - Nationals: thoughts on the Nats losing two of three games to the Houston Astros, including the two very different paths for the teams since the Nats beat the Astros in the 2019 World Series

01:18:12 - Orioles: react to the O's getting swept in three games at the Detroit Tigers

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12:45 - Commanders: analysis of the Commanders' 2022 regular-season schedule, including it setting up to be the easiest schedule in the NFL's 2022 regular season, how the schedule offers the Commanders opportunity for both a good start and a good finish, the reality of the Week 14 bye week, the biggest negative of the schedule and more

41:52 - Nationals: thoughts on a 4-1 loss to the New York Mets that included Mark Lerner being in attendance, a terrible base-running sequence by Juan Soto and Josh Bell and more control problems for Joan Adon

01:03:35 - Orioles: react to a gutsy 3-2 win at the St. Louis Cardinals in which the O's bullpened their way to a series victory and an eighth win in 12 games

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