Episode 1,204: conversation with Steven Ruiz of The Ringer on Jayden Daniels vs. Drake Maye and more

The Al Galdi Podcast

Al Galdi

Football, Baseball, Sports, Basketball

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🗓️ 21 November 2025

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Segment 1 - Show open and listener feedback Segment 2 - Guest: Steven Ruiz, NFL analyst and quarterback ranker for The Ringer, on his redraft of the quarterbacks in the 2024 NFL Draft, Washington Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels vs. New England Patriots quarterback Drake Maye given that the Commanders chose Daniels over Maye with the No. 2-overall pick in that draft, how the player taken with the No. 1-overall pick in that draft - Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams - is doing, which quarterback class of the last decade is best and more Segment 3 - College Football: GaldiLocks for the FBS teams of the Mid-Atlantic region and thoughts on similar situations for Maryland and Virginia Tech and on the opportunity for James Madison to be ranked in the College Football Playoff Rankings Segment 4 - Washington Capitals: analysis of an 8-4 win at the Montreal Canadiens in a game in which top-line right wing Alex Ovechkin registered the 33rd regular-season hat trick of his NHL career and had a primary assist Go to OmahaSteaks.com to get 50 percent off site-wide during their Semi-Annual Sale. 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! Exclusive NordVPN deal at NordVPN.com/Galdi - try it risk free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! The Nace Law Group, Accident & Injury Lawyers - visit WashingtonDCInjuryLawyers.com and make sure that you mention that Al Galdi sent you Watch the BGO Blind Pig podcast on YouTube For advertising inquiries, email [email protected]

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0:00.0	And away we go, episode one thousand two hundred four of the Al Galdi podcast. It is Friday, November 21st, 2025. There are multiple
0:25.4	benefits to the Washington commanders being in the midst of their week 12 by week in the NFL's
0:30.2	2025 regular season, in which they are 3 and 8. A, the team can't lose in this week 12. B, we on the podcast to have room for discussion in a way
0:39.9	unlike when there is an actual game coming up. And so coming up on this installment of the podcast,
0:45.2	next segment in fact is a special guest, Stephen Ruiz, who is an NFL analyst and quarterback
0:50.5	ranker for the ringer. Some of the best writing about the NFL right now is happening on the ringer.
0:55.7	Steven's a big part of that.
0:57.0	And we with Stephen are going to have a conversation that I've been waiting to have on this podcast,
1:03.1	Jaden Daniels versus Drake May.
1:07.3	Yes, we are going there.
1:09.9	The commanders with the number two overall pick in the 2024 NFL draft to quarterback
1:14.7	Jade and Daniels out of LSU, the New England Patriots with the number three overall pick
1:19.3	in the 2024-N-Fel draft to quarterback Drake May out of North Carolina.
1:24.6	The 2024 NFL draft was perceived to be loaded at quarterback, but as things stand
1:30.2	right now, the only quarterback where the commanders passed on in that draft, who you could
1:34.2	reasonably argue should have been taken instead of Daniels is May. Jaden Daniels versus Drake May.
1:42.6	Where are we at? What do we think? Stephen Ruiz is great at talking NFL
1:47.4	quarterbacks from both an analytics perspective and an X's and O's perspective. He recently
1:52.3	conducted a redraft of the quarterbacks in the 2024 NFL draft. He's going to spend some time
1:58.3	with us talking Jaden Daniels versus Drake May and a lot more.
2:02.8	Hello and welcome to this Friday installment of the Al Galdi podcast. By the way, the commanders
2:06.9	on Thursday morning announced having signed receiver Jacoby Jones to the practice squad and having
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