Episode 1,145: preview of Commanders' 2025 regular season with ESPN's John Keim and more

The Al Galdi Podcast

Al Galdi

Football, Baseball, Sports, Basketball

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🗓️ 1 September 2025

⏱️ 71 minutes

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11:10 - Guest: Commanders insider John Keim of ESPN with a preview of the Commanders' 2025 regular season, including how the anticipation for the Commanders' 2025 regular season compares with the anticipations for other highly-anticipated regular seasons for Washington, why the team expects quarterback Jayden Daniels to be even better in the 2025 season than he was in his all-time-great 2024 rookie season, what the trade acquisitions of left tackle Laremy Tunsil and receiver Deebo Samuel Sr. mean for the offense, whether receiver Jaylin Lane is poised to make a significant impact in his rookie season, the outlook for the team at running back, the thought process with the new-look defensive line as its relates to run defense and where we are with two wild cards in interior defensive lineman Daron Payne and cornerback Marshon Lattimore 42:21 - College Football: discussion of Virginia Tech's 24-11 loss to the No. 13 South Carolina, Old Dominion's 27-14 loss at No. 20 Indiana, Maryland's 39-7 win over Florida Atlantic, Navy's 52-7 win over VMI, Virginia's 48-7 win over Coastal Carolina, James Madison's 45-10 win over Weber State and Liberty's 28-7 win over Maine 58:30 - Nationals: reaction to bad injury news for starting pitcher MacKenzie Gore and starting-pitching prospect Jarlin Susana and analysis of the Nats getting swept by the Tampa Bay Rays in three games, giving the Nats an eight-game losing streak 01:10:18 - Orioles: breakdown of the O's losing two out of three games at the San Francisco Giants, giving the O's nine losses in 11 games despite another great outing by starting pitcher Trevor Rogers 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 use the promo code ONLYAL for a special discount 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 forty-five of the Al-Galdi podcast. It is Monday, September 1st, 2025. It is the first day of a new month.
0:26.1	It is Labor Day 2025. And yes, there is a new episode of this podcast for this Labor Day. We are
0:32.9	laboring on this Labor Day. Hopefully you are not laboring. Hopefully you are enjoying yourself on this labor day.
0:40.4	Perhaps you are in labor. I guess that would qualify as laboring. But whatever you're doing,
0:46.1	whoever you're doing it with, and however you are doing it, it is good to have you with us.
0:51.5	And we have a lot for you. Hello and welcome to this Monday installment of the Al-Galdi podcast, which follows Washington, D.C.
0:57.5	area sports so that you don't have to.
0:59.9	And this is a podcast in which we talk commanders on every episode, no matter the time of year.
1:05.9	The Commander's 2025 regular season opener is this Sunday.
1:10.4	Commanders versus the New York Giants at Northwest
1:13.0	Stadium this Sunday afternoon at 1. And so next segment, a special treat, an in-depth preview of
1:19.1	the Commander's 2025 regular season, as I'll chat with Commander's insider John Kime of ESPN.
1:26.1	And we are going to cover a lot of ground, including how the anticipation
1:30.0	for the commander's 2025 regular season compares with the anticipations for other highly
1:35.5	anticipated regular seasons for Washington, why the team expects quarterback Jaden Daniels to be
1:41.2	even better in the 2025 season that he was in his all-time great
1:45.3	20-24 rookie season. What the trade acquisitions of left tackle Laramie Tunsell and receiver
1:50.5	Debo Samuel Sr. mean for the offense. Whether receiver Jalen Lane is poised to make a significant
1:55.4	impact in his rookie season, the outlook for the team at running back, the thought process with the new look
2:01.2	defensive line as it relates to run defense, and where we are with two wild cards in interior
2:06.8	defensive lineman Duran Payne and cornerback Marshawn Lanhamore. John Kime next segment, with a high
2:13.6	level preview of the commander's 2025 regular season. Also on the show, college football,
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