Episode 133: WFT concludes 1-2 preseason with 37-3 loss to Ravens and much more

The Al Galdi Podcast

Al Galdi

Football, Baseball, Sports, Basketball

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🗓️ 30 August 2021

⏱️ 101 minutes

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09:59 - Washington Football Team: The Front Five - Galdi's five biggest takeaways from Washington's preseason-ending 37-3 loss to the Baltimore Ravens at FedEx Field 45:31 - Washington Football Team: other thoughts off Washington's preseason-ending 37-3 loss to the Baltimore Ravens at FedEx Field 59:59 - Nationals: react to the Nats announcing that they're promoting their top prospect, catcher Keibert Ruiz, to the Majors...and analysis of the Nats losing two of three games at the New York Mets 01:30:34 - Orioles: an appropriate commemoration of the O's going 1-18 against the Tampa Bay Rays in the 2021 season...and a few other observations from the O's getting swept by the Rays in three games Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	And away we go, episode 133 of the Al-Galdi podcast.
0:23.3	It is Monday, August 30th, 2021.
0:28.3	The day before the Washington football team must cut down its active roster to 53 players
0:35.4	to begin the 2021 regular season.
0:39.0	This Monday, August 30th is two days after the end of Washington's 2021 preseason, pretty
0:47.4	that Washington preseason finale was not a 37-3 loss to the Baltimore Ravens at FedEx
0:56.0	field on Saturday evening, Washington did not play any of its projected starters.
1:02.9	The Ravens did play a good number of starters, not necessarily for that long, but long enough
1:08.6	for running back JK Dobbins to suffer a reported season ending torn left ACL.
1:14.3	I hope that preseason winning streak is worth it, Ravens, although have you heard or read
1:19.2	about the particulars of the record that the Ravens broke on Saturday night?
1:24.6	So the win for the Ravens was their NFL record 20th consecutive preseason win.
1:29.3	The Ravens entered the game with a 19-game preseason winning streak, which was tied for
1:34.5	the longest preseason winning streak in NFL history, Vince Lombardi's Green Bay Packers
1:40.1	won 19 consecutive preseason games from 1959 to 1962, although that streak ended with a
1:48.1	loss to a team of college all-stars in 1963.
1:53.1	Lombardi's Packers won 23 consecutive preseason games against NFL teams.
1:59.3	So you could argue that that 23-game streak by Lombardi's Packers is the real NFL record
2:06.3	for a preseason winning streak, because the loss to the college all-stars was more of
2:10.4	an exhibition game than a preseason game, whatever.
2:13.7	I could not care less about the Ravens 20-game preseason winning streak.
2:17.9	I do care, though, about our football team, the Washington football team, the team with
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