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Evan & Tiki

Hour 1: Tiki Picks Stefanski Over Harbaugh for Giants HC

Evan & Tiki

Audacy

Sports

4.6945 Ratings

🗓️ 8 January 2026

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Hour 1 kicks off with the Giants coaching search heating up fast. With names like Bill Belichick floating out there, Tiki Barber drops a stunner: he’d lean Kevin Stefanski over John Harbaugh. The guys debate QB development, offensive upside, and why building the right staff might matter even more than the head coach. Plus, the “sure thing vs bust factor” argument, Harbaugh’s coordinator track record, and the one concern that could change everything: does Harbaugh still have the fire for a full rebuild in New York?

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0:00.0

We have all these head coaches available.

0:01.9

What about Bill Belichick?

0:03.0

We'll discuss that a little bit later on.

0:04.9

But Tiki is back, and Tiki said something to Sean and I the other day when John Harbaugh

0:09.9

was removed as head coach of the Baltimore Ravens that I found fascinating.

0:13.5

Which is?

0:14.5

You said, and if I'm quoting you wrong, slap me across the face, that TikiU. Tiki Barber, Giants legend, influential voice

0:24.7

in the Giants community, you prefer Kevin Stefansky over John Harbaugh. I do prefer Kevin

0:31.7

Stefanski, and part of it is because he's an offensive coach and quarterback coach back in his early days with Minnesota,

0:40.0

he obviously won rookie, or coach of the year twice, won in his first year,

0:44.5

and we won 11 games, wanted to get a couple years later, also won 11 games.

0:48.6

But, you know, the worry, if you're going to push against Kevin Stafiowski,

0:52.2

is it those intermittent years?

0:54.2

So two years after that first rookie, or coach of the year, two years after the second coach

0:58.4

of the year, some 500 records and inferior production from the team.

1:03.6

But there's just, there's something I like about Kevin Stefansky when it comes to continuing

1:09.8

to develop Jackson Dart and continuing to build a staff that is going to get great defensive production.

1:19.0

And I mean, just think about his defensive coordinator and what his defensive coordinator has produced this year.

1:24.1

You're going to get the defensive player of the year.

1:26.7

And Miles Garrett, obviously with the Cleveland Brown of the year, and Miles Garrett, obviously

1:28.2

with the Cleveland Browns with 23, whatever it was, 23 sacks that he had on the season.

1:33.5

They're likely to get the defensive rookie of the year, Carson Swessinger, who was an off-ball

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