Episode 1,231: reports say Washington could part with Kliff Kingsbury as Commanders end 5-12 season and more

The Al Galdi Podcast

Al Galdi

Sports, Football

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🗓️ 5 January 2026

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Segment 1 - Show open, reaction to the Washington Commanders ending their 2025 regular season with a 24-17 win at the Philadelphia Eagles to get the No. 7-overall pick in the 2026 NFL Draft and listener feedback Segment 2 - Washington Commanders: analysis of reports suggesting that the team could part with offensive coordinator Kliff Kingsbury even if he doesn't get a head-coaching job in the NFL's 2026 coaching cycle Segment 3 - Washington Commanders: conversation about notable items from the team's 24-17 win at the Philadelphia Eagles to conclude going 5-12 in the NFL's 2025 regular season, including the performance of quarterback Josh Johnson and linebacker Bobby Wagner becoming just the third player in NFL history with at least 2,000 career regular-season tackles Segment 4 - Washington Capitals: breakdown of a 3-2 shootout loss to the Chicago Blackhawks, dropping the Caps to just 4-6-4 over their last 14 games Segment 5 - Washington Wizards: discussion of a 119-99 win over the Brooklyn Nets and a 141-115 loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves Segment 6 - College Basketball: thoughts on Maryland's 64-54 loss to Oregon, No. 21 Virginia's 76-61 win at NC State, Virginia Tech's 81-78 loss at Wake Forest and George Mason's 61-50 win over Rhode Island Segment 7 - Navy Football: a salute to the Midshipmen for concluding a second consecutive standout season with a 35-13 win over Cincinnati in the AutoZone Liberty Bowl 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 Sales@BlueWirePods.com

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0:00.0	And away we go, episode one thousand two hundred thirty one of the Al-Galdi podcast. It is Monday, January 5th, 2026. It is a big day.
0:25.8	If you are a Washington commanders fan, it is locker room cleanout day marking the final media
0:32.4	availability for commanders players for months. And more importantly, this is a day on which we have a joint
0:39.4	season-ending press conference for General Manager Adam Peters and head coach Dan Quinn. That
0:45.3	presser is scheduled for 5 p.m. Eastern on Monday. If you could ask AP and DQ, one question.
0:53.7	What would that question be? Well, the commander's awful,
0:57.7	dreadful, horrendous, terrible, 2025 regular season is over, but it ended with a win.
1:06.0	Yay. A 2417 win at the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday in a game in which the Eagles did not play a ton of key players.
1:16.4	The commanders at the end of the third quarter were down 1710.
1:20.2	They then won the fourth quarter, 14-0.
1:24.9	An unsuccessful conclusion to Operation Loseout 2.0. An unfortunate end to Olo, 2.0.
1:33.4	Also on Sunday was the New York Giants with a 3417 home win over the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday afternoon,
1:40.3	and the Cleveland Browns with a 2018 win at the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday afternoon,
1:47.0	meaning that the commanders had they lost at the Eagles on Sunday would have gotten the number
1:52.9	five overall pick in the 2026 NFL draft. Instead, our team won at the Eagles on Sunday and thus got the number seven
2:03.2	overall pick in the 2026 NFL draft. Let us hope that the difference between those two
2:09.8	spots isn't the difference between trading down with a quarterback needy team for a whole
2:16.0	of picks. I'm not worried about the commanders at seven
2:19.7	not being able to get a game-changing player. Game changers are everywhere in NFL drafts. The
2:26.0	onus is on your front office to find the game changers. My concern is that the commanders
2:31.1	picking as low as seven will preclude them from doing what I most want them to do with their
2:35.2	first round pick in the 2026 NFL draft. Trade down with a quarterback needy team for a haul of picks.
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