Episode 1,258: Dan Quinn and David Blough reveal move to more under-center snaps for Jayden Daniels and more

The Al Galdi Podcast

Al Galdi

Sports, Football

4.9 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 11 February 2026

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Segment 1 - Show open, including thoughts on the Washington Commanders signing punter Tress Way to a contract extension, and listener feedback Segment 2 - Washington Commanders: reaction to comments from head coach Dan Quinn about why the team parted with offensive coordinator Kliff Kingsbury and offensive-line coach Bobby Johnson and breakdown of Quinn and offensive coordinator David Blough revealing a major change for quarterback Jayden Daniels in the offense - more under-center snaps Segment 3 - Washington Commanders: discussion of offensive coordinator David Blough off comments from Blough and head coach Dan Quinn, including Blough's meteoric rise in coaching, his rapport with quarterback Jayden Daniels and Daniels' role in the change at offensive coordinator Segment 4 - College Basketball: analysis of No. 15 Virginia's 61-58 win at Florida State, George Mason's 82-70 loss at Richmond and George Washington's 75-70 win over Rhode Island Get up to 30 percent off OneSkin with the promo code "Galdi" at OneSkin.co/Galdi The Nace Law Group, Accident & Injury Lawyers - visit WashingtonDCInjuryLawyers.com and make sure that you 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 fifty-eight of the Al-Galdi podcast. It is Wednesday, February 11th, 2026. One month from today, March 11th at 4 p.m. Eastern is the start of the NFL's 2026-27 league year. That's when NFL teams officially can begin signing external free agents with expiring contracts. And is when NFL teams officially can begin signing external free agents with expiring contracts, and
0:38.4	is when NFL teams officially can begin executing trades of players. And this is the day after
0:44.7	not one, not two, but three press conferences at the Washington Commanders Team Facility,
0:51.7	what officially is Big Bear.A.I. Performance Center at Commanders Park
0:55.9	in Aspern, Virginia. And this ended up being a longer affair than had been anticipated. The Commanders
1:02.8	this past Thursday morning had announced media availability for three people the following
1:07.7	Tuesday afternoon. Head coach Dan Quinn at one, David Blow at 120 for his
1:12.7	introductory press conference as the team's offensive coordinator and Durante Jones at 140
1:18.0	for his introductory press conference as the team's defensive coordinator. Well, as we know,
1:24.5	Dan Quinn likes to talk. His press conference on Tuesday afternoon lasted for about
1:30.6	28 and a half minutes. Then we got Durante Jones. He likes to talk. His press conference on
1:37.3	Tuesday afternoon lasted for about 31 minutes. And then we got David Blow. His press conference
1:43.7	on Tuesday afternoon lasted for about 24 and a half minutes.
1:49.4	And so a lot was said. But this was good. A lot of good, informative, significant stuff was said.
1:55.8	A lot for us to discuss on the podcast. Hello and welcome to this Wednesday installment of the Al-Galdi
2:01.5	podcast on which we talk commanders on every episode no matter the time of year. So much was said
2:07.0	on Tuesday afternoon that what I'm going to do is spend this episode of the podcast focusing
2:12.0	on what was said regarding the offense and then spend the next episode of the podcast, Thursday's
2:16.9	show, on what was said
2:18.2	regarding the defense. And so next segment, reaction to what Dan Quinn on Tuesday afternoon
2:23.5	said about why the commanders parted with offensive coordinator Cliff Kingsbury and
2:28.7	offensive line coach Bobby Johnson and analysis of Dan Quinn and David Blow on Tuesday afternoon, revealing a major change
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