Episode 1,045: chat with Nicki Jhabvala on Commanders' offseason and coaching-staff continuity and more

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Al Galdi

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🗓️ 8 April 2025

⏱️ 45 minutes

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01:58 - Commanders: reaction to the Commanders hiring Wes Welker as personnel analyst 14:04 - Guest: Commanders insider Nicki Jhabvala of The Washington Post on general manager Adam Peters' approach to the Commanders' 2025 offseason, the battle between Brandon Coleman and Andrew Wylie for the right-tackle job, the Commanders' coaching-staff continuity with each of the team's top five offensive assistants being back for the 2025 season, her famous and ironic photo that she took of Dan Quinn at Regan National Airport off being interviewed for the job that he eventually got - the job of Commanders head coach - and more 35:34 - Nationals: analysis of a 6-4 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers as starting pitcher MacKenzie Gore was very good, closer Kyle Finnegan notched a gutsy five-out save and left fielder James Wood homered 44:29 - Orioles: breakdown of a 5-1 win at the Arizona Diamondbacks as starting pitcher Zach Eflin had strong outing but left the game due to shoulder fatigue, capping a bad day for the O's in terms of pitching health Visit CateringByUptown.com and mention that Al Galdi sent you Follow @WSHOnTheDaily on Instagram and visit WSHOnTheDaily.com For advertising inquiries, email [email protected] Please note that time stamps may be slightly off depending on rotating national ads

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0:00.0	And away we go, episode one thousand forty-five of the Al-Galdi podcast. It is Tuesday, April 8th, 2025, and the commanders
0:25.5	have just made a very interesting hire. We on Monday afternoon had reports that the team is hiring
0:31.1	Wes Welker as personnel analyst. He per reports will be working with both the commanders
0:36.6	for an office and the commander's coaching staff. He spent the last will be working with both the commanders for an office and the
0:37.6	commander's coaching staff. He spent the last three seasons as the Miami Dolphins receivers coach.
0:43.2	Wes Welker, former receiver for the Dolphins, New England Patriots, and Denver Broncos,
0:48.4	among other teams. He was on the pants during Commander's General Manager Adam Peters time as
0:52.9	a Pats executive. Welker was on the Broncos
0:55.4	during Peters time as a Broncos executive. But most notably, Welker was the San Francisco
1:01.1	49ers receivers coach for the 2019 through 2021 seasons when Peters was a Niners executive and
1:08.2	when current Commander's receiver Debo Samuel Sr. was on the Niners. and when current Commanders receiver, Debo Samuel, Samuel,
1:11.8	Samuel's three seasons as Niners receivers coach were Samuel's first three seasons in the NFL.
1:19.5	And Welker developed a reputation as a, shall we say, Debo whisper. Welker stayed on Debo in terms of being in shape and being a pro.
1:30.3	This was communicated to us by Niners Insider Grant Cohn in his appearance on episode
1:35.3	114 of this podcast. There's also this. Wes Welker was a receiver at Texas Tech when
1:41.5	Commander's offensive coordinator, Cliff Kingsbury, was a quarterback at Texas
1:45.2	Tech. So a lot of connections for Welker to the commanders, but the team hiring him certainly
1:50.0	would seem to be primarily about Debo Samuel. This to me is the commanders doing their best
1:55.8	to maximize Debo. And I'm all for that. The commanders hiring West Welker for a newly created role is another
2:03.8	example of the team's commitments to spending on infrastructure and maximizing player performance
2:10.1	under managing partner Josh Harris and GM Adam Peters and head coach Dan Quinn. The hiring of
2:16.0	West Welker makes sense. The hiring of West
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