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Evan & Tiki

Hour 2: Tiki’s Top 5 Giants OCs + Jets Hire a DC + Giannis/Knicks Buzz + Belichick HOF Drama

Evan & Tiki

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Sports

4.2988 Ratings

🗓️ 28 January 2026

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Hour 2 opens with the debut of “Tiki’s Top 5,” as Tiki lays out his preferred Giants offensive coordinator candidates after Todd Monken comes off the board. Matt Nagy sits at the top of the conversation thanks to the Andy Reid connection and play-calling experience, with other names like Kliff Kingsbury, Dave Ragone, Davis Webb, and a young riser in Declan Doyle getting a look. The big theme: Giants fans are ready to trust John Harbaugh no matter what, but the OC choice matters for Jaxson Dart and the direction of the offense. Then the show pivots back to the Jets, who reportedly hire a new defensive coordinator (Brian Duker) after a virtual interview just hours earlier. The guys react to what it says about the organization, how it essentially makes Aaron Glenn the real defensive boss while also trying to survive as head coach, and why Jets fans are spiraling into full-on “Woody meddling” paranoia. From there it turns into a true sports buffet: Giannis trade buzz heats up with Knicks fans debating whether the best move is waiting for the offseason leverage, while the crew rips into the Hall of Fame process after Bill Belichick is not first ballot and Bill Polian claims he is not 100% sure who he voted for. Plus, a classic WFAN flashback featuring Steve Summers going at the lone writer who did not vote for Jacob deGrom, and a hilarious detour into Charlie Weis Jr, Jaxson Dart, and an accidental Mark Wahlberg conspiracy.

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0:00.0

A brand new list, the Tiki Top 5, if you will. It's not a Cinco. It's not officially a Cinco, but your list of preferred OCs. Yeah. Now that Todd Monkitt is not going to be the guy. This is in no particular order. But there is a connection, obviously, with Matt Nagy. Not directly, but because he was on Andy Reid's staff, they moved on from him, I guess. I don't really know the circumstances of that.

0:22.4

But Eric Bietami is now back as the offensive coordinator in Kansas City, so Matt

0:26.3

Nagy.

0:27.1

Matt Nagy wanted to be a play caller, he told Andy Reid.

0:29.4

Right.

0:29.9

And so there's your answer.

0:32.1

And so I think there's an opportunity because as I mentioned this before when we were

0:36.8

talking about head coaches for the

0:38.7

Giants before John Harbaugh was available, why has Matt Nagy been in purgatory for so long?

0:43.2

He had some pretty good seasons with Mitch Trubitsky as a quarterback.

0:46.9

He deserves a second shot.

0:47.7

And got fired because they drafted Justin Fields and they won seven games or whatever it was,

0:53.4

which is a miracle given what Justin Fields

0:55.8

has kind of become. He had a level of success that other first timers who ultimately failed

0:59.9

had, where they deserve a second shot. It's just a matter of where. Like, Matt Nagy had more

1:03.7

success than Robert Salo. Yeah. And Robert Salo, here he is. Right. Cliff Kingsbury, he is out there

1:09.4

only because of his work with quarterbacks.

1:12.9

And I just worry that he might put Jackson Dart in harm's way,

1:18.0

like Jane Daniels down in Washington.

1:23.0

Dave Ragon. He was previously an offensive coordinator for the Atlanta Falcons. He has been the

1:28.4

Rams quarterback coach over the last couple of seasons. And simply because of being in the

1:32.9

McVeigh orbit, but also working with Matt Stafford is interesting. Davis Webb, who we mentioned

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