Episode 143: WFT suffers season-opening 20-16 loss to Chargers and much more

The Al Galdi Podcast

Al Galdi

Football, Baseball, Sports, Basketball

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🗓️ 13 September 2021

⏱️ 107 minutes

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10:35 - Washington Football Team: The Front Five - Galdi's five biggest takeaways from Washington's regular-season-opening 20-16 loss to the Los Angeles Chargers at FedEx Field 44:42 - Washington Football Team: other thoughts from Washington's regular-season-opening 20-16 loss to the Los Angeles Chargers, including the lack of touches for playmakers, positives for the defense and a good game on special teams 01:02:06 - College Football: react to Maryland's 62-0 blowout of Howard, Virginia's 42-14 rout of Illinois, No. 19 Virginia Tech's 35-14 win over Middle Tennessee and Navy's 23-3 loss to Air Force and firing of offensive coordinator Ivin Jasper 01:13:13 - Nationals: analysis of the Nats losing two of three games at the Pittsburgh Pirates, including a good start for Patrick Corbin, another bad start for Josiah Gray and Juan Soto continuing to kill it 01:35:37 - Orioles: observations from the O's losing three of four games to the Toronto Blue Jays, including Brandon Hyde cursing at Robbie Ray and the O's giving up 44 runs over the final three games https://www.tickpick.com/galdi Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	And away we go, episode 143 of the Algaldi podcast, it is Monday, September 13th, 2021,
0:29.4	the day after the Washington football team began its 2021 regular season with a loss, a 2016
0:39.4	loss to the Los Angeles Chargers at FedEx Field on Sunday afternoon.
0:45.8	Ryan Fitzpatrick injured in the second quarter, could be out for a while, maybe the rest
0:51.4	of the season, a very disappointing defensive performance in terms of the third down defense,
0:58.7	which was abysmal, way too many, Chargers fans in attendance, a whole lot of blue was seen
1:05.2	in the seats, yeah, other than those things, how did week one go for your team?
1:10.7	Jeez, why is it that our team never wins in week one games anymore?
1:15.3	I know, Washington won in week one last season, but Washington now is just two and six over
1:21.7	its last eight week one games, that's it, two and six, six of the last eight Washington
1:28.3	seasons have begun with a loss in week one.
1:32.2	And no, a loss in week one does not doom you, a loss in week one does not ruin you, but
1:38.1	you know, you like to get off to an ice start, you like to get off to a start that makes
1:42.4	you feel good, you know, that puts a little pep in your step when it comes to being a fan
1:48.1	of your NFL team, you wait so long, so many months for the regular season to begin and
1:53.2	then for it to begin with a thud.
1:55.5	And for this to happen, basically on a yearly basis or so, it seems for us as Washington
1:59.1	fans is particularly painful.
2:01.4	You're two Washington week one wins over the last eight seasons now, 24 six at the Arizona
2:08.0	Cardinals in week one of the 2018 season and 27 17 over the Philadelphia Eagles at FedEx
2:14.6	field in a week one of yes, the 2020 season, but otherwise 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019
2:23.1	and now 2021, each season offering a week one loss for our team, the team currently
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