Episode 1,248: deep dive with Paul Charchian on Daronte Jones and more

The Al Galdi Podcast

Al Galdi

Sports, Football

4.9 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 28 January 2026

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Segment 1 - Show open and listener feedback Segment 2 - Guest: fantasy-football expert and Minnesota Vikings media personality Paul Charchian on the Washington Commanders reportedly hiring Minnesota Vikings defensive-passing-game coordinator/defensive-backs coach Daronte Jones as defensive coordinator, including how Jones was the anticipated replacement for Brian Flores had he departed as Vikings defensive coordinator, the excellence of Vikings secondaries under Jones, the tactical strengths of Jones, how Jones maximized production from Vikings defensive backs and the truth about what has been going on with Flores, who interviewed for the Commanders' defensive-coordinator job Segment 3 - Washington Capitals: analysis of a 5-1 loss at the Seattle Kraken, dropping the Caps to just 8-13-5 over their last 26 games Segment 4 - Washington Wizards: breakdown of a 115-111 win over the Portland Trail Blazers to snap a nine-game losing streak Segment 5 - College Basketball: thoughts on No. 17 Virginia's 100-97 double-overtime win at Notre Dame, Virginia Tech's 71-65 win over Georgia Tech, George Washington's 79-76 loss at No. 21 St. Louis and VCU's 77-69 win over Richmond The Nace Law Group, Accident & Injury Lawyers - visit WashingtonDCInjuryLawyers.com and make sure that you mention that Al Galdi sent you For great discussion of the Washington Commanders, visit BGObsession.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 forty-eight of the Al-Galdi podcast. It is Wednesday, January 28th, 2026. Washington
0:25.3	Commanders Run Game Coordinator slash running backs coach Anthony Lynn did not get the Buffalo
0:30.6	Bill's head coaching job. The bills on Tuesday afternoon announced having promoted offensive
0:34.9	coordinator Joe Brady to head coach. The bills this past Saturday evening announced having completed an interview of Lynn
0:40.8	for their head coaching vacancy.
0:42.5	But Lynn still is up for the Cleveland Brown's head coaching job.
0:45.6	They this past Sunday morning announced having completed an interview of Lynn for their
0:49.7	head coaching vacancy on Saturday night.
0:52.0	Remember, if an NFL team during this coaching cycle
0:54.6	hires Lynn as head coach, the commanders get two third round compensatory draft picks, one
1:00.3	in the 2026 NFL draft and one in the 2027 NFL draft. This per NFL rules designed to
1:07.3	encourage the development of minority coaches. So Lynn, because he has been on the commander's coaching staff for at least two seasons,
1:14.1	would garner the team two third round compensatory draft picks if he got hired as an NFL head coach,
1:20.4	even though Lynn already has been an NFL head coach.
1:23.7	Lynn was a Los Angeles Chargers head coach January 2017 to January 2021. It would be something
1:30.6	if in this coaching cycle, Anthony Lynn got a head coaching job and Cliff Kingsbury did not get
1:36.8	a head coaching job, considering that Lynn spent the last two seasons working under Kingsbury
1:41.5	and considering that the commanders reportedly didn't even interview Lynn
1:45.5	for their offensive coordinator vacancy created by porting with Kingsbury.
1:50.1	Hello and welcome to this Wednesday installment of the Al Galdi podcast.
1:53.7	We on Monday night had reports that the commanders are hiring Minnesota Vikings,
1:57.1	defensive passing game coordinator slash defensive backs coach Durante Jones as defensive
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