Episode 649: 2023 Commanders preview with Commanders insider Ben Standig of The Athletic and more

The Al Galdi Podcast

Al Galdi

Football, Baseball, Sports, Basketball

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🗓️ 5 September 2023

⏱️ 47 minutes

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13:14 - Guest: Commanders insider Ben Standig of The Athletic with a preview of the Commanders' 2023 regular season, including the potential for an in-season firing of head coach Ron Rivera, how committed Rivera is to Sam Howell as the team's QB1, whether the QB1 call is exclusively Rivera's or is as much the call of assistant head coach/offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy, why the Commanders in the 2023 offseason didn't make bigger moves to address the offensive line, what Standig is hearing about potential contract extensions for edge defender Montez Sweat and safety Kamren Curl and more 40:41 - Orioles: analysis of a 6-3 win at the Los Angeles Angels in a game that featured terrific performances by two key young Orioles stars in infielder Gunnar Henderson and starting pitcher Grayson Rodriguez and also marked the 300th regular-season victory for Brandon Hyde as Orioles manager Visit InsuranceBMC.com and tell BMC Insurance that Al Galdi sent ya! Download the Gametime app, create an account and use the promo code "Al Galdi" for $20 off your first purchase! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	And the way we go, episode 649 of the Algoldi podcast, it is Tuesday, September 5, 2023.
0:26.2	It is the day after Labor Day, which is supposed to mark the unofficial end of summer.
0:32.1	And yet, in the Washington DC area this week, we are having a rebirth of summer with temperatures
0:39.0	approaching a hundred degrees.
0:41.7	Forget about Labor Day being the unofficial end of summer.
0:45.5	Labor Day this year has marked a reigniting of summer.
0:49.4	The rule is that you're not supposed to wear white after Labor Day.
0:52.7	You've heard that, right?
0:54.3	In fact, I put away all of my white fubu gear, okay?
0:58.2	But I may have to bust that out, given how hot it is this week.
1:01.5	Hello and welcome to this Tuesday installment of the Algoldi podcast.
1:05.5	Hope that you had a nice Labor Day weekend.
1:07.5	Hope that you enjoyed the college football and the baseball.
1:11.5	And I hope that you are ready for an all-out assault of Commander's Conversation on this
1:18.5	podcast this week in preparation for the start of their regular season.
1:23.6	And part of the assault is a great guest.
1:26.7	Next segment, Commander's Insider, Ben Standing of the Athletic for the first of what will
1:32.1	be many appearances on this podcast.
1:34.8	This Commander's Season, I'll explain next segment, but Ben's going to spend some time
1:39.0	with us previewing the Commander's 2023 regular season among the many topics that will
1:44.8	cover the extent to which Ben, as someone who covers the team exceptionally well, is preparing
1:51.1	to be on Ron Rivera Watch at some point in the 2023 season.
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