Episode 1,229: chat with Andy Pollin on if 2025 is Washington's most disappointing season of 1993-2025 and more

The Al Galdi Podcast

Al Galdi

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🗓️ 31 December 2025

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Segment 1 - Show open and listener feedback Segment 2 - Guest: Washington, D.C. sports-radio legend Andy Pollin, host of The Andy Pollin Show on ESPN 630, on if the Washington Commanders' 2025 season is the franchise's most disappointing season since the end of the Redskins' glory days and on why legendary former Skins offensive lineman Joe Jacoby still isn't in the Pro Football Hall of Fame Segment 3 - Washington Commanders: why the team should not be so fast to go after cornerback Trevon Diggs off the Dallas Cowboys releasing him 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. Get up to 30 percent off OneSkin with the promo code "Galdi" at https://www.oneskin.co/Galdi #oneskinpod Visit NovaFireplaceAndStove.com, mention that Al Galdi sent you and receive $25 off any service For advertising inquiries, email Sales@BlueWirePods.com

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0:00.0	And away we go, episode one thousand two hundred twenty-nine of the Al-Galdi podcast. It is Wednesday, December 31st, 2025. It is New Year's Eve, 2025. It is the final day of the year 2025. We hope that you've had a great 2025. If you haven't, that's okay. I hear that there's another year coming up.
0:42.6	The Washington commanders, they have had what you would call a mixed 2025.
0:53.6	Remember, the calendar year of 2025 started with three wins, January 5th, a 2319 win at the Dallas Cowboys to conclude a 12 and 5 regular season.
0:54.9	The franchise's first regular season with at least 11 wins since going 14 and 2 in the 1991 regular season.
1:00.7	January 12th, the 2320 win at the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on a walkoff 3070 yard doink field goal
1:07.9	by kickersane Gonzalez in the wild card round of the NFL playoffs for Washington's
1:12.6	first postseason win since January 2006 and January 18th, the 4531 win at the Detroit Lions
1:20.6	in the divisional round of the NFL playoffs as Washington advanced to an NFC championship game
1:26.6	for the first time since January 1992.
1:31.0	The calendar year of 2025 started off so well for our football team.
1:37.2	What the heck happened?
1:38.4	Hello and welcome to this Wednesday installment of the Al-Galdi podcast.
1:42.1	Next segment, historical perspective on the commander's
1:45.7	disappointing 2025 season is I for the first time will welcome to the podcast, Washington, D.C.
1:52.6	Sports Radio legend Andy Poland, host of the Andy Poland show, weekday mornings from 9 to 11 on ESPN 630
2:00.2	here in the D.C. area. I have known Andy since I
2:03.5	started as a promotions intern at Sports Talk 980 WTEM in 1998. I have learned so much from Andy.
2:11.7	He knows the history of the commander's franchise exceptionally well. And so we with Andy are going to
2:17.3	discuss the most
2:18.6	disappointing seasons for the franchise since the end of the Redskins Glory Days. I consider
2:23.9	the Skins Glory Days to be the 1982 through 1992 seasons. So we're examining the 1993 through
2:31.3	2025 seasons. Is the Commander's5 season the most disappointing season for the franchise since the end of the Skins' glory days?
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