The Al Galdi Podcast

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Episode 239: Congress trolls Dan Snyder, WFT conversation with Pro Football Focus' Ian Hartitz and more Jan 28, 2022

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15:39 - Washington Football Team: in-depth reaction to Congress announcing a roundtable with former Washington employees detailing their experiences of workplace misconduct while working for the team - and the roundtable taking place on the day after the WFT announces its new name

43:39 - Guest: Pro Football Focus lead fantasy-football analyst Ian Hartitz on the Washington Football Team, including whether Washington should pursue Jimmy Garoppolo or Mitchell Trubisky, the quarterbacks in the 2022 NFL Draft and what the WFT has in Taylor Heinicke, Antonio Gibson and Terry McLaurin

01:05:01 - Wizards: thoughts on Bradley Beal off humbling results for him in NBA All-Star Game voting and comments from him about why the Wizards are struggling and his future with the Wiz

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Episode 238: deep dive on WFT stadium search with WFT insider Michael Phillips of Richmond.com and much more Jan 27, 2022

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13:52 - Washington Football Team: thoughts on comments from Charles Mann and Joe Gibbs on Washington's name change and on comments from Gibbs on Ron Rivera

27:32 - Guest: Washington Football Team insider Michael Phillips of Richmond.com on Washington's search for a new stadium, including why Virginia is in the lead, where in Virginia a new stadium might be and where things stand with Maryland and Washington, D.C.

43:32 - Capitals: analysis of the Caps' struggles continuing with a 4-1 loss to the San Jose Sharks

50:43 - Virginia Tech Basketball: react to a 78-75 loss to Miami on a last-second half-court bank-in three

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Episode 237: special 30th-anniversary tribute to the 1991 Redskins and much more Jan 26, 2022

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15:40 - Washington Football Team: thoughts on free-agent-to-be quarterbacks and on Washington free agents-to-be who were - and weren't - ranked in Pro Football Focus' NFL free-agency rankings

25:21 - Washington Football Team: a deep dive on the context of and the key stats and facts on the 1991 Redskins

46:54 - Guest: former Washington general manager Charley Casserly on the 1991 Redskins

01:02:03 - Wizards: react to a disastrous 116-115 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers in which the Wiz blew a 35-point second-quarter lead - is it time to blow up the Wiz?

01:12:34 - College Basketball: is there hope for Maryland off a 68-60 win at Rutgers?...and are we seeing the dying days of Patrick Ewing as Georgetown head coach off the Hoyas falling to 0-6 in the Big East with a 96-73 loss at No. 20 UConn?

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Episode 236: the truth about Trent Williams' ugly exit from Washington and much more Jan 25, 2022

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14:31 - Washington Football Team: examining a staggering stat regarding Washington quarterback play off the epic performance by Patrick Mahomes in the Kansas City Chiefs' 42-36 overtime win over the Buffalo Bills in the Divisional Round of the NFL Playoffs...and a look at whether the NFL should change how it does overtime

28:48 - Washington Football Team: deep dive on Trent Williams' controversial departure from Washington off some feeling happy for Trent for making the NFC Championship Game with the San Francisco 49ers

53:09 - Capitals: analysis of a 1-0 loss to the Vegas Golden Knights

58:39 - College Basketball: thoughts on Virginia's 64-52 win over Louisville and Virginia Tech's 78-68 loss at North Carolina

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Episode 235: analysis of an unforgettable NFL Divisional Round through a WFT prism and much more Jan 24, 2022

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12:34 - Washington Football Team: in-depth react to the quarterback play and quarterback implications from a surreal Divisional Round of the NFL Playoffs, including an epic duel between Patrick Mahomes and Josh Allen in the Kansas City Chiefs’ 42-36 overtime win over the Buffalo Bills and the futures of Jimmy Garoppolo and Aaron Rodgers off the San Francisco 49ers’ 13-10 win at the Green Bay Packers

34:10 - Washington Football Team: thoughts on Washington special teams off multiple major special-teams developments on Divisional Round Saturday - the Green Bay Packers' special-teams disaster in their 13-10 loss to the San Francisco 49ers and the success of Cincinnati Bengals rookie kicker Evan McPherson continuing in a 19-16 win at the Tennessee Titans

43:46 - Wizards: sorting through a rough weekend for the Wiz that featured a 109-105 loss to the Toronto Raptors and a humiliating 116-87 loss to the Boston Celtics

53:15 - Capitals: examining a 3-2 overtime win over the Ottawa Senators that included heroics from the two best players in Caps history - Alex Ovechkin and Nicklas Backstrom

01:00:40 - College Basketball: breakdowns of Maryland's 81-65 win over No. 17 Illinois, Georgetown's 85-74 loss to No. 11 Villanova, Virginia's 77-63 loss at N.C. State and Virginia Tech's 68-63 loss at Boston College

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Episode 234: WFT breakdown with Pro Football Focus' Nick Akridge and much more Jan 21, 2022

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19:14 - Washington Football Team: examining the extent to which great passing offense and great quarterback play are correlating with NFL teams making and doing well in the 2022 NFL Playoffs

31:00 - Guest: Pro Football Focus senior data analyst Nick Akridge on the Washington Football Team, including Taylor Heinicke, the quarterbacks in the 2022 NFL Draft, Washington's offensive line, the WFT's disappointing 2021 defense, Chase Young, Montez Sweat, William Jackson III, Kendall Fuller, Landon Collins and Jamin Davis

54:12 - Capitals: analysis of a 4-3 loss at the Boston Bruins

57:50 - Georgetown: thoughts on an 83-75 loss at No. 21 Providence

01:01:09 - Nationals: react to Kevin Frandsen being named as the new color commentator for MASN telecasts of Nats games

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Episode 233: what WFT can learn from recent NFL Drafts about getting a QB and much more Jan 20, 2022

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18:15 - Washington Football Team: examining whether the Philadelphia Eagles are actually sticking with Jalen Hurts as their QB1 and, if so, what that means for Washington's pursuit of a franchise quarterback

24:07 - Washington Football Team: analysis of where the best current NFL quarterbacks went in NFL Drafts and of the hit rate on first-round quarterbacks and what Washington can take from all of this

41:51 - Wizards: react to a 119-118 loss to the Brooklyn Nets and to a report that the Wizards aren't appearing likely to trade Bradley Beal prior to the NBA Trade Deadline despite him not accepting the Wiz's max-contract-extension offer

54:38 - College Basketball: thoughts on Virginia's 66-61 win at Pitt and Virginia Tech's 62-59 win at N.C. State

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Episode 232: what's fair and what isn't regarding WFT lament over Shanahan, McVay and LaFleur and much more Jan 19, 2022

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14:29 - Washington Football Team: thoughts on the departure of Washington chief legal officer Damon Jones to the Los Angeles Dodgers after just a little more than a year with the WFT

24:52 - Washington Football Team: deep dive on important context regarding the annual January lament of WFT fans regarding former Washington offensive assistants Kyle Shanahan, Sean McVay and Matt LaFleur thriving elsewhere as NFL head coaches

42:40 - Capitals: analysis of a wild 4-3 overtime win over the Winnipeg Jets

50:42 - Maryland Basketball: just how bad is this Terrapins season going to get off the Terps falling to 1-6 in the Big Ten with an 83-64 loss at Michigan?

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Episode 231: WFT conversation with KyleSmith4GM of Hogs Haven and much more Jan 18, 2022

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10:52 - Washington Football Team: thoughts on what if Washington had traded for Matthew Stafford in the 2021 offseason off his performance in the Los Angeles Rams' 34-11 blowout of the Arizona Cardinals in the first-ever Monday Night Football Wild Card Game

19:11 - Guest: KyleSmith4GM of Hogs Haven on the state of the Washington Football Team under Ron Rivera, what's realistic for Washington in its offseason pursuit of a franchise quarterback, whether the WFT should be interested in Baker Mayfield, whether Scott Turner and Jack Del Rio should be retained and much more

40:38 - Wizards: analysis of a 117-98 rout of the Philadelphia 76ers

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Episode 230: should WFT want Jimmy G off his win at Big D? and much more Jan 17, 2022

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11:02 - Washington Football Team: react to another postseason fail for the Dallas Cowboys via their 23-17 loss to the San Francisco 49ers in the Wild Card Round

23:13 - Washington Football Team: examining whether Washington should be interested in three potentially-available quarterbacks in the San Francisco 49ers' Jimmy Garoppolo, the Las Vegas Raiders' Derek Carr and the Seattle Seahawks' Russell Willson

36:33 - Capitals: analysis of a 2-0 win at the New York Islanders and a 4-2 loss to the Vancouver Canucks

42:31 - Wizards: thoughts on a 115-110 loss to the Portland Trail Blazers

50:09 - College Basketball: breakdowns of Maryland's 70-59 loss to Rutgers, Georgetown's 88-69 loss at St. John's, Virginia's 63-55 loss to Wake Forest and Virginia Tech's 79-73 win over Notre Dame

01:00:53 - Nationals: proper praise for the Nats signing outfielder and top international prospect Cristhian Vaquero...and will the Nats release 2017 first-round bust Seth Romero off him getting arrested and charged with DWI?

01:06:47 - Orioles: why the O's making changes to Oriole Park at Camden Yards makes sense

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