Episode 1,150: Commanders begin their 2025 regular season with 21-6 win over New York Giants and more

The Al Galdi Podcast

Al Galdi

Football, Baseball, Sports, Basketball

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🗓️ 8 September 2025

⏱️ 70 minutes

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09:16 - Commanders: explanation of why the 21-6 win over the New York Giants is a great sign of progress for the Commanders and a deep dive on the performance of quarterback Jayden Daniels in the game 22:42 - Commanders: analysis of receivers Deebo Samuel Sr. and Terry McLaurin, running backs Jacory Croskey-Merritt and Austin Ekeler, running back Chris Rodriguez Jr. being a healthy inactive, the Commanders' defense and more from the 21-6 win over the New York Giants 37:32 - College Football: thoughts on Maryland's 20-9 win over Northern Illinois, Navy's 38-24 win over UAB, Virginia Tech's 44-20 loss to Vanderbilt, Old Dominion's 54-6 win over North Carolina Central, Virginia's 35-31 loss at NC State, Jame Madison's 28-14 loss at Louisville and Liberty's 34-24 loss at Jacksonville State 54:22 - Nationals: breakdown of the Nats winning two out of three games at the Chicago Cubs, reaction to injury news on starting-pitching prospect Jarlin Susana and reflections on former Orioles second baseman, former Orioles manager and former Nats manager Davey Johnson off his death at the age of 82 01:09:30 - Orioles: discussion of the O's winning two out of three games against the Los Angeles Dodgers with each of the two wins being a walk-off win Go to OmahaSteaks.com to get 50 percent off site-wide and use the promo code ALGALDI at checkout for an extra $35 off. Minimum purchase may apply. See site for details. A big thanks to our advertiser, Omaha Steaks! Get up to $200 off Square hardware when you sign up at Square.com/Go/Galdi 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 Whatever your dermatological needs, contact Dr. George Verghese at MidAtlanticSkin.com and mention 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 fifty of the Al-Galdi podcast. It is Monday, September 8th, 2025, and it is a victory Monday.
0:28.1	And don't forget a tell the truth Monday. And the truth is that the commanders won their 2025 regular season opener.
0:36.4	Commander's 21, New York Giants 6, a 15-point win for the commanders at Northwest Stadium on Sunday afternoon. And week one, the NFL's 20-25 regular season, in which the commanders have a game this Thursday night. Commanders at the Green Bay Packers on Thursday night football this Thursday night at 815.
0:55.4	The Packers beat the Detroit Lions 2713 on Sunday. This week is going to be a whirlwind.
1:02.9	This week is going to go by fast. But the week has started with the commanders winning the regular season opener with, yes, an imperfect performance.
1:10.5	But, you know,
1:11.0	one and O is so much better than O and one.
1:15.0	Here was Commander's head coach, Dan Quinn, to his team in a victorious locker room
1:19.3	after Sunday afternoon's win.
1:22.6	Hey, we called on it to be a line of screwman's game, and it damn sure it was, right?
1:26.6	And that's how it's got to go down.
1:28.9	It's a good division win, man.
1:30.2	It's all the way at the end, all right, for a four-minute drive.
1:33.5	That's running, that's hitting, that's brotherhood, and it's winning time.
1:37.4	All right?
1:37.6	So sleep fast.
1:38.8	Wednesdays tomorrow.
1:39.7	Yeah.
1:39.9	Yeah.
1:41.2	Henn!
1:43.9	Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, Monday is being treated like a Wednesday in the lead up to a game on a Sunday because
1:48.7	the commanders play on Thursday. Hello and welcome to this Monday installment of the Al-Galdi
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