Episode 1,165: Commanders fall to 2-2 with 34-27 loss at Atlanta Falcons and more

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Al Galdi

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🗓️ 29 September 2025

⏱️ 67 minutes

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09:07 - Commanders: deep dive on a hideous performance by the defense in the 34-27 loss at the Atlanta Falcons 21:08 - Commanders: analysis of the offense and special teams in the 34-27 loss at the Atlanta Falcons, including a rough game for quarterback Marcus Mariota, why didn't running backs Jacory Croskey-Merritt and Chris Rodriguez Jr. get more carries? and a much-needed good game for kicker Matt Gay 36:34 - College Football: thoughts on Virginia's 46-38 double-overtime win over No. 8 Florida State, Navy's 21-13 win over Rice, Virginia Tech's 23-21 win at NC State, James Madison's 35-10 win over Georgia Southern and Old Dominion's 21-7 win over Liberty 51:41 - Nationals: breakdown of the Nats concluding going 66-96 in MLB's 2025 regular season by losing two out of three games against the American League-worst Chicago White Sox and a tribute to the retiring Bob Carpenter off his 20-year run as the television play-by-play voice of the Nats 01:04:34 - Orioles: discussion of the O's concluding going 75-87 in MLB's 2025 regular season by getting swept in three games at the New York Yankees 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 sixty-five of the Al-Galdi podcast. It is Monday, September 29th, 2025. I could have sworn
0:26.1	that I saw Jim Haslett running the commander's defense on Sunday afternoon, or was that Joe
0:32.1	Barry? Or maybe that was Greg Minoski? Maybe that was Jack Del Rio. I don't know.
0:37.7	I've lost track.
0:39.0	But the defense on Sunday afternoon looked about as bad as it ever looked under any of those guys.
0:44.8	A 3427 loss at the Atlanta Falcons dropping the commanders to two and two in the NFL's 2025 regular season. Defensive coordinator, Joey Jr.
0:56.8	There he is. He has some work to do. Yes, so many key guys for the commanders did not play in this
1:04.4	game. That is true. But also true is that the defense, which needed to step up, given the
1:10.1	injury ravaged nature of the offense, instead stepped down?
1:14.0	The defense fell on its face.
1:15.4	This was a disappointing, discouraging, off-putting performance by the commander's defense.
1:21.1	Pro football focus is early accounting of the game had the commander's defense as having been guilty of 12 missed tackles. That right there tells you
1:30.2	all that you need no. Hello and welcome to this Monday installment of the Al-Galdi podcast in which
1:35.8	we talk commanders on every episode no matter the time of year and no matter the result of the
1:41.1	previous day's game. But this is the podcast that follows Washington, D.C.
1:45.1	area sports so that you don't have to. This is a podcast for which there is a new episode each
1:49.4	weekday, Monday through Friday, with each episode out by 5 a.m. Eastern and often much earlier
1:54.3	than that. Coming up on the show, in-depth reaction to and analysis of the commander's loss
1:59.3	at the Falcons next segment, a deep dive on an abysmal performance by the commander's defense the following segment analysis of the commander's offense and commander's special teams in the game there's a lot to get to including yes a few positives hey mac gay he went four for four on field goals, so there is that. Also on
2:19.8	the show, lots of conversation about the FBS teams of the Mid-Atlantic region of week
2:24.6	five of the 2025 college football season, including the big win for Virginia, a 46-38
2:32.2	double overtime win over number eight Florida State at Scott Stadium in Charlottesville, Virginia on Friday night.
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