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Evan & Tiki

Hour 4: Bo Bichette Fallout, Harbaugh Watch & a Friday Rangers Gut Punch

Evan & Tiki

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Sports

4.6945 Ratings

🗓️ 16 January 2026

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

The final hour of Evan & Tiki is packed with New York sports chaos. Evan, Tiki, and Sean react to the Mets’ stunning pivot to Bo Bichette after missing on Kyle Tucker and officially closing the door on Pete Alonso. Giants fans remain on John Harbaugh watch as contract details drag on, while the guys debate what his leadership would mean for Big Blue. The hour takes a sharp emotional turn with the Rangers’ brutal Friday letter signaling a reset, sparking an all-time rant from Sean. Plus, Yankees offseason questions, AL East power rankings, NFL Divisional Round picks, and plenty of passionate fan calls to close out a wild Friday on WFAN.

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0:00.0

How we doing?

0:01.1

Very busy Friday.

0:03.1

It started with the complaints of Kyle Tucker going to the Dodgers.

0:06.8

It continues with either the excitement or confusion of Bull Bichette coming to the New York Mets.

0:13.4

And giant fans are waiting because John Harbaugh is not officially the head coach of the New York Giants.

0:19.5

They are still working out different languages.

0:21.5

Different languages. They're working out the language of the contract. And as Tiki said earlier,

0:26.8

do not get worried until Monday. If we don't have the language finalized by Monday, that's when

0:32.3

Tiki would start to say, okay, I'm getting a little worried. Sean has already reached a level of

0:36.6

worry, but it's a small degree. and I would tell you, calm down.

0:40.3

This is inevitable, especially the reporting over the last few days on how much John wanted the job,

0:46.0

how he thought about it the moment he got fired.

0:49.2

I can't see anything breaking this apart.

0:53.0

Yeah, I think it's likely more about his ability to manage staff and his decisions

0:58.7

regarding things that go on within that organization, whether there's personnel,

1:03.3

et cetera, et cetera.

1:04.6

I agree.

1:05.3

We'll get your calls in a second, 888808-108-101-19.

1:09.4

Are you ready, Sean, or no?

1:10.8

I am ready. Okay. This fan focus is sponsored by Chef IQ, Precision Cooking, Effortless Results, ChefIQ.com. It's a quiet Friday for a pro-locals that actually are currently playing. Only the Nets play tonight a home game with the Bulls that can be heard right here on the fan. A busy Saturday ahead will include the Rangers in Philly, the aisles in Calgary, and the limping Knicks returning home to play the Suns tomorrow night. What's crazy about tomorrow is it's all spread out. Like the Rangers are playing at 1 o'clock. The Islanders are playing at 3 o'clock. The Knicks and the Devils play at night. So it's like a complete spread out kind of day. And I obviously got football.

1:45.1

And I think the most appealing game of the weekend, if you ask me, is actually the first one, Buffalo, Denver. Yeah. I think it actually kicks off. I think you're right. With the most appealing game of the weekend. Because there's some people who still don't believe in the Broncos. Yes. They think that it's a little bit of smoke and mirrors with Bo Nix because he's not an elite quarterback, but he's been good enough in moments. They play with a great defense because Vance Joseph is kind of like Brian Flores and he brings all this pressure. There's all these mugs. They have good secondary and second level players. But do you really believe in them?

2:18.1

But they have home field. And there's something about, I've been saying this all year. There's something about playing in Denver this year. You've talked about how difficult it is. And it's not always that way, it seems like. But this year it feels like it's that way. And also I think with Buffalo, it's like this is a moment for Josh Allen. can he carry the bills to a Super Bowl

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