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Evan & Tiki

Hour 1: Islanders Sweep Sets Off Evan vs Shaun, Then Tiki Floats Kirk Cousins to the Jets

Evan & Tiki

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Sports

4.2990 Ratings

🗓️ 30 January 2026

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Evan wakes up furious at the two people he works with, and it starts with a simple point: the New York Islanders swept the New York Rangers and Evan wants full credit, no asterisks. Shaun tries to wave it off with “the Rangers quit,” which turns into an all-out fight about what “counts,” rivalry pride, and whether Ranger fans are ducking the embarrassment after the Garden got loud for Islanders fans at Madison Square Garden and UBS Arena. Then Tiki Barber lights the fuse on a totally different argument: could Kirk Cousins actually make sense for the New York Jets, not just as a stopgap starter but as a future “player-coach” type who helps shape the offense? The crew debates the age factor, the directionless feel of the Jets, and whether this is a “bottom out” year or a “build something” year, with names flying everywhere from Atlanta Falcons money mechanics to Frank Reich, Aaron Glenn, Malik Willis, and J. J. McCarthy. Plus, the phones go crazy: Islanders fans demand Shaun “own it,” Rangers fans double down on the apathy defense, and the hour ends with more fuel added to the fire, including Matthew Schaefer “king of New York” talk, Chris Drury trust issues, and a surprise moment where James Dolan somehow enters the chat.

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0:00.0

I'm actually kind of pissed off at the two beautiful people I work with.

0:03.3

I'm pissed off at Tiki Barber.

0:05.0

I am pissed off at Sean Moorash.

0:06.6

I did nothing. Well, no, you did do something. And I'll get to you second. But can I address Sean first? Wow, sure. This could be one of like a million things. It could be one of a million things. But I am annoyed at you. I'm annoyed at Tiki and I don't want it to bring down my beautiful Friday.

0:21.7

I want to make something very crystal clear to you, Sean, and to everybody in the audience. But I'm annoyed at you. I'm annoyed at Tiki and I don't want it to bring down my beautiful Friday.

0:21.7

I want to make something very crystal clear to you, Sean, and to everybody in the audience.

0:25.8

The New York Islanders whipped that ass all season long.

0:30.0

They swept the New York Rangers.

0:31.9

They left no doubt.

0:33.6

This wasn't even close.

0:35.5

This was a bloodbath.

0:54.4

Who cares? And last night at Madison Square UBS, it was loud for Islander fans. It was dominant for Islander fans. And I forgot, who scored the first goal for the Islanders? Carson's sushi. That's right. That's right. The guy you couldn't wait to get rid of. And so you may say, well, why is Sean pissing you off? Sean had the Cajonis to tell me.

0:57.4

And he should say it in a microphone to everybody in the audience right now

1:00.4

that it really doesn't count as a sweep because the Rangers have given up on the season.

1:05.4

It doesn't.

1:08.1

Just because you're not trying?

1:09.7

No, well, hold on here.

2:03.0

Any New York Islander fan that wakes up today pumped up about their team should feel pumped up, right? They're playing great hockey. They are like carrying the torch for this area. I think that's great. But it doesn't really count as a sweep. The Rangers typed up a little letter two weeks ago and what did they tell the world? I know what they told me as a Ranger fan. They quit. They give up. They are doing something we argue about in football at time. They're tanking and they have decided and they decided before these two games, we're no longer playing our best player, Artemi Panarin. Our all-world goalie has been shut down for what feels like two months. The all-world defenseman has been shut down for what feels like two months. The all world defenseman has been shut down for what feels like two months. The Rangers quit. The New York Rangers did not play the New York Islanders the last two nights. People in jerseys that are essentially scabs did, they don't care. The fans don't, we don't care. I don't care. Oh, the BS, you do care. So you so you're saying it's only a sweep if there is an actual

2:04.7

fan giver you know what

2:06.4

about the outcome

2:07.5

if it's only a sweep of both organizations

2:09.4

are trying

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