Episode 1,219: Washington Commanders shut down Jayden Daniels for rest of 2025 season and more

The Al Galdi Podcast

Al Galdi

Sports, Football

4.9 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 16 December 2025

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Segment 1 - Show open and listener feedback Segment 2 - Washington Commanders: analysis of the team shutting down quarterback Jayden Daniels for the rest of the 2025 season, including the complicated issue of his durability, who exactly made the decision to shut down Daniels and the opportunity for QB2 and unrestricted-free-agent-to-be Marcus Mariota Segment 3 - Washington Commanders: an update on left tackle Laremy Tunsil, why didn't linebacker Jordan Magee play more in the 29-21 win at the New York Giants?, key context for the performances of tight end Ben Sinnott and cornerback Antonio Hamilton Sr. in the win at the Giants and more Download Cash App and use the exclusive referral code SECURE10. Cash App is a financial services platform, not a bank. Banking services provided by Cash App’s bank partner(s). Prepaid debit cards issued by Sutton Bank, Member FDIC. See terms and conditions at cash.app/legal/us/en-us/card-agreement. Promotions provided by Cash App, a Block, Inc. brand. Visit cash.app/legal/podcast for full disclosures. Visit CateringByUptown.com and mention that Al Galdi sent you For advertising inquiries, email Sales@BlueWirePods.com

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0:00.0	And away we go, episode one thousand two hundred nineteen of the Al-Galdi podcast. It is Tuesday, December 16th, 2025. It is the day after a Washington
0:26.6	Commander's Victory Monday that couldn't even truly be a victory Monday for our team. How appropriate is
0:34.1	that for the commanders, given the season that they're having.
0:37.6	They win a game for the first time in more than two months, and the day after the game
0:41.4	ends up being about something other than the victory. Sunday afternoon, the commanders
0:45.8	ended their eight-game losing streak with a 29-21 win at the New York Giants to improve to
0:50.7	4 and 10 in the NFL's 2025 regular season.
0:54.6	Monday afternoon, we found out that the Commander's QB1, Jaden Daniels, is done for the season.
1:01.5	Head coach Dan Quinn made that announcement during his day after the game press conference
1:05.7	on Monday afternoon as an awful, horrible, terrible commander's season. Now is even worse. This ends up being
1:14.2	an injury-ravid second NFL season for Jaden Daniels off his all-time great rookie season.
1:19.6	This ends up being a loss season for Daniels. The QB2, Marcus Mariotta, is said to be
1:25.0	the commander starting quarterback for their final three games of this season.
1:29.0	I'm not here to tell anyone how to be a fan, but personally, I'm now more in than ever on Operation Loseout 2.0.
1:38.4	You know, it'd be one thing if Jaden Daniels was playing.
1:40.8	But with him now done for the season, I want the commanders more than ever to play well,
1:46.4	to do some good things, to not quit, but to lose out. Operation lose out. OLO. Let Olo lead us to as high
1:56.5	of a first round pick in the 2026 NFL draft as possible.
2:04.9	Hello and welcome to this Tuesday installment of the Al Galdi podcast on which we talk commanders on every episode no matter the time of year, new episode, each weekday,
2:09.2	Monday through Friday, with each episode out by 5 a.m. Eastern and often much earlier.
2:14.1	Next segment, in-depth reaction to and analysis of the commanders shutting down
2:19.4	Jaden Daniels for the rest of the season. Is this debacle of a season for Jaden Daniels simply a fluke,
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