Jets and Jon Gruden Rumor Breakdown

Evan & Tiki

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🗓️ 30 January 2026

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Jon Gruden finally addresses the Jets rumor on Tampa sports radio, saying there was “never anything” from the New York Jets. Evan and Tiki Barber break down the wording and explain how this can turn into a semantics game, offer versus contact, agent versus direct call, and why reports can be true even when the details get twisted. They also defend Diana Russini and Zack Rosenblatt from the “they’re making it up” crowd, while admitting everyone involved has motivations when stories leak. Then the segment takes a hilarious detour when Ozzie from Woodridge bullies Evan into changing his hair and bullies Shaun into hiding under a winter hat on YouTube, leading to an on-air reveal and plenty of roasting before the calls keep rolling.

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0:00.0	curious if John Gruden will just answer the speculation.
0:04.8	Right. Whether it's with Barstool or somewhere else.
0:07.7	Yesterday, he was on Tampa Bay Sports Talk Radio and was asked directly, like, can you
0:13.7	address the rumors that the New York Jets pursued you for the offensive coordinating job?
0:19.1	Here was John Gruden's answer.
0:21.1	Well, there's a lot of reports we're not going to get into. As you know, there's a lot
0:24.8	of stupid rumors out there. Some of these reports are ridiculous. Let's just say that there was
0:30.8	never anything from the Jets, and I wish them well in their search for a new offensive coordinator.
0:36.6	What do you make of that, T?
0:40.1	I think it's nuance.
0:41.4	It's how you hear it.
0:42.8	There's never anything from the Jets.
0:45.1	I'm assuming he's saying there never was an offer from the Jets.
0:49.2	But I don't put it past the Jets from actually have reached out and had a conversation.
0:56.0	Hey, you know, what you doing?
0:58.2	How's life?
0:59.2	You like your podcast and your YouTube show and do you ever think about coaching again?
1:05.2	Especially an offensive coordinator role?
1:07.2	No, no, I'm good.
1:08.2	You know, I like my life now.
1:09.8	I'm fine.
1:10.5	I'm good. I love telling people about flip cards and everything else. So I think there probably was a conversation, but not a formal offer. Yeah. That's where the semantics games come in. Because I do think nowadays, and I know Jet jet fans do this and I am not on their side.
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