Episode 1,221: conversation with Barry Svrluga on Washington Commanders' shutdown of Jayden Daniels and more

The Al Galdi Podcast

Al Galdi

Sports, Football

4.9 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 18 December 2025

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Segment 1 - Show open, reaction to the Washington Nationals reportedly hiring Philadelphia Phillies assistant general manager Ani Kilambi as general manager and listener feedback Segment 2 - Washington Commanders: breakdown of the team's latest injury report for the game against the Philadelphia Eagles and discussion of comments from offensive coordinator Kliff Kingsbury on the Commanders shutting down quarterback Jayden Daniels for the rest of the 2025 season, why tight end Ben Sinnott in the 29-21 win at the New York Giants got just one target, the lack of targets for running backs Jacory Croskey-Merritt and Chris Rodriguez Jr., who called the play that resulted in receiver Terry McLaurin's 51-yard touchdown reception in the win at the Giants and more Segment 3 - Guest: Barry Svrluga, columnist for The Washington Post, on the questions raised by the Washington Commanders' shutdown of quarterback Jayden Daniels for the rest of the 2025 season, why the shutdown is happening, who exactly decided on the shutdown, why the Commanders are having such a disappointing 2025 season, the state of Washington Nationals baseball operations and more Segment 4 - Georgetown Basketball: analysis of a 78-69 upset win at Marquette Segment 5 - Old Dominion Football: thoughts on ODU's 24-10 win over South Florida in the StaffDNA Cure Bowl to conclude a 2025 season in which the Monarchs went 10-3 overall 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 twenty-one of the Al-Galdi podcast. It is Thursday, December 18th, 2025. It is the day of a monster
0:26.6	game on Thursday night football, the 11-3 Los Angeles Rams at the 11-3 Seattle Seahawks,
0:33.0	Thursday night at 815 to begin week 16 of the NFL's 2025 regular season.
0:39.2	These two teams have been the two best teams in the NFL so far this regular season
0:43.5	for which the Seahawks are number one in the league and total DVOA and the Rams are number
0:48.6	two.
0:49.5	Now, the second game of week 16, not quite as much juice. But that game is our game. The 4 and 10
0:57.0	Washington commanders versus the 9 and 5 Philadelphia Eagles at Northwest Stadium on Saturday evening at 5.
1:03.9	Hey, a salute to right guard Samuel Cosmi. The commanders on Wednesday morning announced that they
1:08.8	have named Cosmi the winner of the team's
1:10.8	2025 Ed Block Courage Award. The honor is given annually to a player from each NFL team who
1:17.4	displays extraordinary courage in the face of adversity. Cosby this season has returned
1:22.8	of suffering a torn right ACL and the commander's 4531 win at the Detroit Lions this past January 18th in the divisional round of the NFL playoffs.
1:33.3	Man, January 18th. So we're now exactly 11 months removed from that game, that glorious game.
1:41.3	What was the biggest win for Washington since winning Super Bowl 26th, all the way back on January 26th, 1992, the 3724 win over the Buffalo Bills at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metro Dome in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
1:56.3	11 months ago today was that win at the Lions to advance to the NFC championship game. A few things
2:04.5	with our team have happened since that game. Hello and welcome to this Thursday installment
2:09.4	of the Al-Galdi podcast. Coming up on the show, a deep dive on the commanders shutting down
2:15.3	their QB1, Jaden Daniels, for the rest of the season.
2:19.0	As I'll speak with Barry's Ruluga, columnist for the Washington Post.
2:22.5	Barry just wrote a very interesting column about the shutdown.
2:26.2	We're going to examine the shutdown from a variety of angles,
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