Episode 1,267: insight with Doug Lesmerises on case for Washington Commanders drafting Carnell Tate and more

The Al Galdi Podcast

Al Galdi

Sports, Football

4.9 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 24 February 2026

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Segment 1 - Show open, including reaction to the Washington Commanders reportedly agreeing with tackle/guard Andrew Wylie on a two-year contract extension and to Commanders assistant head coach/offensive pass-game coordinator Brian Johnson leaving the team to become the Los Angeles Rams' senior offensive assistant, and listener feedback Segment 2 - Guest: Ohio State football insider Doug Lesmerises, who writes for Bill And Doug On Ohio State Football on Substack and is the co-host of The Bill And Doug Show podcast, on Ohio State receiver Carnell Tate as a potential target for the Washington Commanders with their No. 7-overall pick in the 2026 NFL Draft and more Segment 3 - Guest: Peter Hassett, co-founder of the Washington Capitals site Russian Machine Never Breaks, on the Caps as they get set to begin their post-Olympics Break portion of the NHL's 2025-2026 regular season, including whether the Caps this season are a good team, why their special teams been so bad for so much of this season, what to make of the the team's five-on-five play this season, how winger Alex Ovechkin is doing, whether Hassett is surprised by how well goaltender Logan Thompson is doing, which Caps players most need to step up, how the Caps should approach the 2026 NHL Trade Deadline and whether head coach Spencer Carbery might be on the hot seat Visit CateringByUptown.com and mention that Al Galdi sent you Visit RFKAllAccess.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 sixty-seven of the Al-Galdi podcast. It is Tuesday, February 24th, 2026. It is the day of press
0:26.8	conferences for Washington commanders general manager Adam Peters and Washington commander's head
0:32.0	coach Dan Quinn at the 2006 NFL scouting combine at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. Peters, Tuesday at noon,
0:40.0	Quinn, Tuesday afternoon at three. Will they say groundbreaking, earth-shattering, seismic things?
0:47.0	Maybe not. But will Peters and Quinn say some interesting things? Probably so. We on Wednesday's
0:53.0	show will have in-depth coverage of whatever
0:54.8	they say, as never forget, this is the podcast on which we talk commanders on every show,
0:59.8	no matter the time of year. And this is a podcast for which there is a new episode each weekday,
1:05.3	Monday through Friday, with each episode out by 5 a.m. Eastern. Hello and welcome to this
1:10.2	Tuesday installment of the Al Galdi
1:11.8	podcast. We're on this episode of the podcast, have not one but two guests for you. Next segment,
1:16.9	a conversation for a second consecutive show with Ohio State Football Insider Doug Leymarice of Bill
1:22.5	and Doug on Ohio State Football on Substack. Doug also is the co-host of the Bill and Doug Show podcast,
1:28.3	which has more than 8,000 subscribers on YouTube. Doug has covered Ohio State football since 2005,
1:34.5	and the next segment is going to give us tremendous insight on Ohio State receiver,
1:38.7	Cornell Tate, as a potential target for the commanders with their number seven overall pick in the
1:44.9	2006 NFL draft as we during this Combine Week are especially focusing on what our team
1:50.8	should slash will do with that number seven overall pick. You know, ESPN Fantasy Football and
1:57.0	NFL draft analyst Field Yates, he and his latest mock draft has the commanders at seven
2:01.8	taking Carnell Tate, who, per the pro football focus, Big Board for the draft, is the number
2:06.8	one receiver in the draft. Imagine the commanders next season with an all Ohio State top two
2:14.0	at receiver of Terry McLaurin and Carnell Tade. And not necessarily in that order.
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