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Boomer & Gio

Former Players On TV Rooting For Their Old Teams

Boomer & Gio

Audacy

News, Sports

4.2707 Ratings

🗓️ 19 January 2026

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

A caller asks the question if the guys on pregame shows or broadcasts cheer for their own team without upsetting fans or the suits.

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0:00.0

What I'm calling about, I was wondering if you saw it, what you, I don't remember what the

0:04.7

broadcast was, but Randy Moss, when they were all picking their pick.

0:09.1

Yeah, that's ESPN.

0:10.6

Yes, ESPN.

0:11.6

So they were, they were all up in New England.

0:15.4

Right.

0:16.4

Right, but Randy Moss and Teddy Bruske was so actively rooting, you know, when they've come,

0:22.5

we got some or whatever they were saying.

0:24.2

So I was wondering what you thought about that.

0:25.9

Is that something that as an announcer, boomer, as a commentator, that you want to do?

0:29.9

I don't know.

0:30.5

You know, I work with Coach Cowher and Phil Sims, and both of those guys are legendary figures

0:36.2

in the eyes of the franchises that they either

0:39.0

worked for or played for.

0:41.2

And I do believe that Phil Sims rooted for the Giants and I do believe that Bill Cower was

0:46.8

rooting for the Steelers.

0:48.0

And anytime there was ever a game, especially against the Browns or the Bills or the Bengals,

0:52.9

you know, Cower and I would always have a good back and forth about that.

0:56.0

I don't think there's anything wrong about rooting for the team that you played for,

1:00.2

especially if you are legendary players like Randy and Teddy were.

1:04.5

And there were outside in front of Patriots fans.

1:09.4

So I can imagine how Rex Ryan was probably a little uncomfortable up there.

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