Episode 1,308: deep dive with Sam Fortier on whether Washington should trade down from No. 7 and more

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Al Galdi

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🗓️ 22 April 2026

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Segment 1 - Show open and listener feedback Segment 2 - Guest: Sam Fortier, who covered the Washington Commanders franchise for The Washington Post for the 2020 through 2024 seasons, on whether Washington should trade down from its No. 7-overall pick in the 2026 NFL Draft, when it is appropriate to stick and pick, the nature of NFL Draft trade-value charts (on which Fortier wrote an extensive piece in April 2022), why Fortier is optimistic about Washington off its disappointing 2025 season and more Segment 3 - Washington Nationals: analysis of an 11-4 win over the Atlanta Braves at Nationals Park in a game in which the Nats drew an astounding 12 walks Segment 4 - Baltimore Orioles: breakdown of a 6-5 walk-off loss at the Kansas City Royals in a game in which the O's overcame a 4-3 eighth-inning deficit but blew a 5-4 eighth-inning lead Warby Parker has revolutionized buying eye glasses - buy one prescription pair and get 20 percent off any additional prescription pairs at WarbyParker.com/Galdi Refresh your wardrobe via Quince - go to Quince.com/Galdi for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns 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 three hundred eight of the Al-Galdi podcast. It is Wednesday, April 22nd, 2026. It is the day before the first round of the
0:27.1	2006 NFL draft in which the Washington commanders of the number seven overall pick. This is the day
0:33.2	after ESPN NFL draft analyst Mel Kuiper Jr. came out with his final big board for the draft.
0:39.1	The big board came out on Tuesday morning.
0:41.5	Here are his top eight guys.
0:43.0	Number one, Fernando Mendoza, quarterback Indiana.
0:46.2	Number two, Jeremiah Love, running back Notre Dame.
0:49.2	Number three, Arvel Reese, edge defender slash linebacker, Ohio State.
0:53.9	Number four, Sunny Stiles, linebacker, Ohio State. Number four, Sunny Stiles, linebacker, Ohio State.
0:57.5	Number five, David Bailey, edge defender, Texas Tech.
1:00.7	Number six, Caleb Downs, safety, Ohio State.
1:03.8	Number seven, Jordan Tyson, receiver, Arizona State.
1:07.6	Number eight, Cornell Tade receiver, Ohio State. So Kuiper has Love as the second
1:13.3	best overall player in the draft, has Tyson and not Tate as the WR1, and has University of
1:19.6	Miami, Edge Defender, Ruben Bain Jr. all the way down at 16. Hello and welcome to this
1:25.6	Wednesday installment of the Al-Galdi podcast. Next segment, a good
1:29.4	friend of this podcast is back. Sam Fortier. He covered the Washington Redskins slash
1:35.1	Washington football team slash Washington commanders for the Washington Post for the 2020
1:40.8	through 2024 season. So we with Sam are going to conduct a deep dive on Washington
1:46.3	potentially trading down from seven. And I'm having Sam on for this because he four years
1:51.3	ago wrote a really good article on NFL draft trade value charts. April 25th,
1:56.8	2022 headline quote, why the Jimmy Johnson draft trade chart has endured, end quote. So we're going to
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