Episode 1,135: Commanders activate Terry McLaurin off Preseason PUP List and more

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Al Galdi

Football, Baseball, Sports, Basketball

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🗓️ 18 August 2025

⏱️ 74 minutes

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11:55 - Commanders: analysis of the team activating receiver Terry McLaurin off the Active/Physically-Unable-To-Perform List, including how this further increases the Commanders' leverage in contract-extension negotiations with him and thoughts on key comments from head coach Dan Quinn and offensive coordinator Kliff Kingsbury 35:02 - Commanders: discussion of quarterback Jayden Daniels off comments from offensive coordinator Kliff Kingsbury, including the growth that Daniels is demonstrating in training camp 46:30 - Commanders: conversation on the defense off comments from defensive coordinator Joe Whitt Jr., including what the defense can gain from the team's preseason game against the Cincinnati Bengals, how the defense is doing and Whitt revealing that Jeremy Reaves is the Commanders' No. 3 safety 57:10 - Nationals: breakdown of a four-game split with the National League East-leading Philadelphia Phillies, including terrific outings by starting pitchers MacKenzie Gore and Cade Cavalli 01:11:27 - Orioles: reaction to the O's promoting two of their top prospects in catcher/first baseman Samuel Basallo and outfielder Dylan Beavers to the Majors and to the O's winning two out of three games at the American League West-leading Houston Astros, including terrific outings by starting pitchers Brandon Young and Dean Kremer The Nace Law Group, Accident & Injury Lawyers - visit WashingtonDCInjuryLawyers.com and make sure that you mention that Al Galdi sent you Visit NovaFireplaceAndStove.com, mention that Al Galdi sent you and receive $25 off any service Visit RFKAllAccess.com and mention in the notes section that Al Galdi sent you 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 one hundred thirty-five of the Al-Galdi podcast. It is Monday, August 18th, 2025. It is a game day for the commanders, albeit a preseason game day, but commanders versus the Cincinnati Bengals at Northwest Stadium on Monday night football at 8 and the commander's second to three games in the NFL's 2025 preseason. We do expect
0:39.3	starters slash key players for each team to play in this game. We, of course, hope for no
0:44.8	injuries. It's a few things in sports or worse than the serious injuries suffered in a meaningless
0:50.2	preseason game. And we wonder if anything more is about to develop in the situation
0:55.3	with the saga of commanders receiver Terry McLaurin. Hello and welcome to this Monday
1:01.5	installment of the Al-Galdi podcast on which we talk commanders on every episode no matter
1:06.3	the time of year. New episodes of this podcast five days per week, Monday through Friday, with each
1:11.3	episode out by 5 a.m. Eastern, and often, much earlier, if you are a commanders fan, you can count
1:16.6	on this podcast being there when you wake up. We appreciate you making this podcast part of
1:21.4	your routine. Coming up on the show, a lot for you on the commanders. Next segment, in-depth reaction
1:26.7	to and analysis of the big news
1:29.0	from the weekend, the team on Saturday morning announcing having activated Terry McLaurin
1:33.4	from the active slash physically unable to perform list, the preseason pup list, which he had been on
1:39.8	since July 27th, this due to an ankle entry that very much appears to be a front for him to not practice.
1:47.0	Well, he is mad about his contract extension negotiations with the team.
1:51.1	I'll explain why the commander's activating McLaurin from the preseason Pupp list gives the team even more leverage in this situation.
1:58.4	There is a lot to the commanders activating McLaurin, including the
2:01.7	timing. The activation came one day after offensive coordinator Cliff Kingsbury made it clear
2:07.0	that he was not happy about the mispractice time for McLaren. Lots of key comments from Kingsbury
2:12.1	on Friday morning and head coach Dan Quinn on Saturday morning. You'll hear all of that next segment.
2:17.3	Then the following segment,
2:18.6	discussion of quarterback Jaden Daniels, off comments from Cliff Kingsbury on Friday morning, including
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