Episode 1,289: deep dive with longtime Tennessee Titans insider Terry McCormick on Chig Okonkwo and more

The Al Galdi Podcast

Al Galdi

Sports, Football

4.9 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 26 March 2026

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Segment 1 - Show open and listener feedback Segment 2 - Guest: Tennessee Titans insider Terry McCormick of TitanInsider.com on two Washington Commanders unrestricted-free-agent acquisitions from the Titans in the 2026 offseason in tight end Chig Okonkwo and receiver Van Jefferson and on what the Titans are thinking with their No. 4-overall pick in the 2026 NFL Draft given that selection's relevance to the Commanders' No. 7-overall pick in the draft Segment 3 - Washington Wizards: analysis of the team snapping its 16-game losing streak - tied for the longest losing streak in a regular season in franchise history - with a 133-110 win at the Utah Jazz in a battle of two tanking teams hours after NBA commissioner Adam Silver spoke at length about the league taking measures to discourage tanking Segment 4 - Washington Nationals: breakdown of the team's initial 26-man roster for MLB's 2026 regular season and discussion of the outlook for the team going into the regular season Segment 5 - Baltimore Orioles: breakdown of the team's initial 26-man roster for MLB's 2026 regular season and discussion of the outlook for the team going into the regular season Visit CateringByUptown.com and 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 eighty-nine of the Al-Galdi podcast. It is Thursday, March 26, 2026, four 1,289 of the Al-Gaulley podcast. It is Thursday, March 26, 2006. Four weeks from today is the first
0:26.5	round of the 2006 NFL draft, which will take place in Pittsburgh. And we on Wednesday had a
0:32.5	most important day in the pre-draft process, Ohio State's Pro Day, at which a number of members of Washington
0:39.7	Commander's football operations were in attendance, General Manager Adam Peters, Assistant General
0:45.1	Manager Lance Newmark, head coach Dan Quinn, offensive coordinator David Blau, and defensive
0:50.4	coordinator, Durante Jones. All of them were at Ohio State's Pro Day on Wednesday.
0:55.9	ESPN NFL draft analyst Mel Kuiper Jr. His big board for the 2006 NFL draft has Ohio State
1:02.3	players constituting four of the top seven and five of the top 21 players in the draft. Number three,
1:10.5	linebacker Arvel Reese, number four, linebacker Arvel Reese, number four,
1:12.7	linebacker Sonny Stiles, number six, safety Caleb Downs, number seven, receiver Carnell
1:17.7	Tate, and number 21, Interior Defensive lineman Caded McDonald.
1:22.9	How about those Buckeyes in this upcoming NFL draft?
1:27.0	Look, I would be pumped about the commanders
1:29.2	with their number seven overall pick in the 2006 NFL draft, getting Reese Stiles,
1:34.9	Downs, or Tate. All four are so well regarded, but is Arvell Reese the best of the bunch?
1:42.0	This was ESPN NFL analyst and former Redskins executive, Louis
1:46.1	Riddick on ESPN's NFL Draft Daily on Wednesday afternoon.
1:52.0	That combination that you see with great athletes all the time of fluidity and flexibility,
1:58.1	but suddenness. This guy can play, you know, crouched down about as high as a coffee
2:03.4	table and move just as fluid as water. And when he changes direction, you just see the explosiveness
2:09.8	in terms of his body movement and his movement style. And it was just so evident. I mean, he is
2:15.3	put together now. He is tapered at the waist.
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