Head Coach Whispers with James Palmer
Heed the Call NFL Podcast with Dan Hanzus & Marc Sessler
Dan Hanzus & Marc Sessler
4.9 • 5.2K Ratings
🗓️ 14 January 2026
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
Dan Hanzus and Marc Sessler are joined by James Palmer for the latest news, reports and rumors pertaining to the NFL head coach and coordinator hiring cycle. We cover Mike Tomlin's situation, the latest with the Ravens and the John Harbaugh Sweepstakes, Matt Ryan taking over the Falcons, and what's up with Matt LaFleur? Plus we hit coordinator changes around the league. 0:00 Coming up on today’s show
0:30 NFL Coaching News
4:25 Mike Tomlin
9:49 Ravens
19:44 John Harbaugh Sweepstakes
25:41 Falcons & Matt Ryan
32:45 Matt LaFleur’s Situation
37:57 Coordinator Changes
44:53 Browns
48:41 Titans
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| 0:00.0 | Now, the number of people I talked to across the league were like, getting rid of Matt LaFleur |
| 0:03.7 | is just absolutely insane. |
| 0:06.5 | Like, he's that good of a coach. |
| 0:08.2 | And, like, if it gets contentious, teams will find out very quickly. |
| 0:13.0 | They will call and go, like, somebody says comes three first round picks and you're upset |
| 0:17.8 | about the negotiations. |
| 0:19.0 | I think anything's possible. |
| 0:20.0 | Three first round picks? Jesus, I would trade think that's why some of the first round picks. |
| 0:21.9 | Jesus, I would trade Matt LaFleur for three first round picks. |
| 0:28.6 | Hey, oh, welcome to Heath, the Call in NFL podcast. |
| 0:36.9 | I'm Dan Hansis, joined by Mark Sessler, Justin Graver on the Funson 2s. |
| 0:41.7 | And because he's family, no need to, you know, be cute about this. |
| 0:49.8 | James Palmer, right there. |
| 0:52.0 | Right at the start. |
| 0:53.3 | Welcome back to Head the Call, buddy. We've missed you. How's life at the start. With us. Welcome back to heed the call, buddy. |
| 0:54.8 | We've missed you. |
| 0:55.4 | How's life at the athletic, Philadelphia, Denver, all the things? Oh, everything's wonderful, boys. I've missed you. I know we've chatted about this. You and I were texting the other day, Daniel. It was wonderful. Everything's good, guys. Everything's good. I think Sean Payton's on edge here in Denver, which is expected with the bills coming to town in that number one seed they have. |
| 1:16.6 | But everything's good. Steve and I have been rocking. He's coming to Denver Friday night, baby. |
| 1:22.6 | So we're going to hit the town here at the Mile High city, Steve Smith and I. |
| 1:27.7 | And we might throw Mike Silver in the mix of that. |
| 1:29.9 | So, whew, it might. |
| 1:31.2 | I did. |
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