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Boomer & Gio

Hour 1 - Harbaugh Talk Heats Up Around The League

Boomer & Gio

Audacy

Sports, News

4.2708 Ratings

🗓️ 8 January 2026

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

John Harbaugh is officially the NFL’s most coveted free agent, and his strategic silence has the league on high alert. With Harbaugh delaying interviews until next week, speculation is swirling that he’s waiting for a "Black Monday" from playoff contenders like the Bills or Eagles. However, Boomer is doubling down on a "match made in heaven" with the Giants—a sentiment backed by Dianna Russini. CLo's here with Jim Harbaugh’s glowing tribute to his brother’s legacy and wrap up the hour with a look at the groundbreaking new series Heated Rivalry.

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0:00.0

It's the Boomer and Geo podcast from WFAN.

0:04.8

And we're coming you live for the build for tough studio.

0:07.9

Boomer Assizing Greg Gianotti.

0:09.4

It's Boomer and Gio on the fans, simulcast across the country on CBS Sports Network.

0:14.6

And where we are in the free Odyssey app.

0:17.0

Good Thursday morning.

0:20.0

Getting some sort of clarity here when these interviews will be happening for John Harbaugh and Mike McCarthy as Kevin Siffansky spent a couple of days with the New York Giants at dinner.

0:32.1

And then, you know, you came back the next day to see if you still felt the same way as they had some meetings yesterday as well after a Tuesday night dinner. But what's very interesting, and I heard the guys talking

0:41.9

about it on the warm-up show and it was out there, the second that the report hit that John

0:48.3

Harbaugh was waiting for next week to interview for teams. The speculation runs rampant.

0:54.6

Is he waiting for a team like the Green Bay Packers to fire Matt LaFleur?

0:59.9

Is he waiting for a team like the Buffalo Bills to fire Sean McDermott?

1:04.4

And that second that happens, the Giants fall down that list.

1:09.4

Good morning, Boomer.

1:09.9

How are you?

1:10.9

Yeah, good morning, Jay. I'm doing well. As a matter of fact, I heard all those reports and everything

1:16.0

else like that. I still say because of who the New York Giants are, what their current state

1:22.4

of affairs are, who their players are, especially their young players, a solid offensive line

1:27.3

that, you know, in the historic nature of who the players are, especially their young players, a solid offensive line, that, you know,

1:29.4

in the historic nature of who the team is, that to me this seems to be like more of a leverage

1:35.0

game than anything else. I still say the New York Giants and the, and John Harbaugh are the number

1:40.6

one pairing. And after that, it would be Kevin Stefansky. And I'm sure they had a great meeting with Kevin Stofansky. He's a great guy. He's a great coach. And he's somebody that, like, if you told me that John Harbaugh wanted to go to the Raiders, which I doubt that would be the case because he's not going to want to see his brother twice a year. And his brother came out yesterday. and obviously lauding the fact that John is

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