Episode 1,274: intel with Ben Standig on Washington Commanders' coaching-staff revamping and more

The Al Galdi Podcast

Al Galdi

Sports, Football

4.9 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 5 March 2026

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Segment 1 - Show open and listener feedback Segment 2 - Guest: Washington Commanders insider Ben Standig of Last Man Standig on Substack on him still having the team with its No. 7-overall pick in the 2026 NFL Draft taking Ohio State safety Caleb Downs despite his underwhelming measurables at the 2026 NFL Scouting Combine, the increasing possibility of the stock of Alabama quarterback Ty Simpson rising enough to where the Commanders trade their No. 7-overall pick to a quarterback-needy team for a haul of picks and examination of the Commanders' lengthy and unique coaching-staff revamping in the 2026 offseason Segment 3 - Washington Commanders: analysis of the team reportedly agreeing on one-year contract extensions with two pending unrestricted free agents in edge defender Deatrich Wise Jr. and interior defensive lineman Shy Tuttle and discussion of quarterback Jayden Daniels now having his mom as his agent Segment 4 - Baltimore Orioles: reaction to manager Craig Albernaz revealing that reliever Andrew Kittredge is unlikely to be ready for the start of the 2026 regular season due to right-shoulder inflammation Segment 5 - College Basketball: thoughts on Maryland's 78-45 loss at Wisconsin and George Washington's 91-82 win over St. Bonaventure and an update on James Madison and Old Dominion in the Sun Belt Conference Tournament Upgrade your wardrobe by going to Quince.com/Galdi for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns Get up to 30 percent off OneSkin with the promo code "Galdi" at OneSkin.co/Galdi Visit CateringByUptown.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 seventy four of the Al-Galdi podcast.
0:25.5	It is Thursday, March 5th, 2026. It is a big day for our rebuilding and tanking Washington Wizards. I said, it is a big day for our rebuilding and
0:34.6	tanking Washington Wizards?
0:39.5	The damn Washington Wizards!
0:43.6	That's better. Thank you, ESPN's Stephen A. Smith.
0:48.2	The Wizards, they host the Utah Jazz on Thursday night at 7 in a game in which Trey Young is expected to make his Wizards debut off having been out for all 25 of the Wizards game since the team
0:55.6	acquired him by a trade on January 9th. He has not been playing due to a right knee sprain
1:00.4	and a right quadriceps contusion. But also with this game, is it being a big game in the tank?
1:07.1	The Wizards and Jazz are two of the worst teams in the NBA. So I as a Wizards fan want Trey Young to play well on Thursday night, but maybe not too well. Some unfortunate injury news for our Wizards, they on Wednesday night announced that Kishon George in the team's 123, 118 loss to the Houston Rockets at Capitol and Arena this past Monday night suffered a partial tear of the UCL in his left elbow and will be re-evaluated in three weeks.
1:34.4	So his season may be done.
1:36.4	What has been an encouraging second NBA season for George, his true shooting percentage for this regular season is 559, was 503 for his rookie regular season.
1:46.9	Hello and welcome to this Thursday installment of the Al-Galdi podcast.
1:50.5	Next segment, the first of two conversations with a good friend of this podcast, Washington
1:54.8	Commander's insider Ben Standing of Last Man Standing on Substack.
1:58.9	We on this installment of the podcast. We'll speak with Ben
2:01.1	about him still having the team with its number seven overall pick in the 2026 NFL draft
2:06.3	taking Ohio State Safety Caleb Downs. Despite his underwhelming measurables at the
2:11.8	2026 NFL scouting combine, which Ben attended, the increasing possibility of the stock of Alabama quarterback
2:18.8	Ty Simpson rising enough to where the commanders a trade, their number seven overall pick
2:23.5	to a quarterback needy team for a hole of picks, and analysis of the commander's lengthy and
2:30.2	unique coaching staff revamping this offseason. There to me has not been enough
2:36.0	examination of the commander's lengthy and unique coaching staff revamping this offseason.
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