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Evan & Tiki

Monday Full Show: Snow Bowl Chaos, Payton’s Blunder, and Sam Darnold’s Super Bowl Revenge Tour

Evan & Tiki

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Sports

4.2988 Ratings

🗓️ 26 January 2026

⏱️ 172 minutes

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Summary

Evan, Tiki, and Shaun unpack a jam-packed Championship Monday that spirals from weather chaos to franchise regret. The show opens with the AFC Championship turning into a snow-covered throwback and whether that kind of football should decide a title. From there, the guys debate Sean Payton’s 4th down decision, Sam Darnold reaching the Super Bowl, and which franchises should feel the most pain. The Steelers shock the league by breaking decades of tradition with a Mike McCarthy hire, igniting Aaron Rodgers speculation and questions about the future of coaching stability. Along the way, the Pro Bowl loses all remaining credibility, MLB drops a bizarre video game announcement, and Jets fans descend into full existential dread while the Patriots once again seem to benefit from the football gods. Timestamps: 00:00 – Championship Sunday chaos, snow football, and whether weather should decide titles 21:00 – Sean Payton’s 4th down decision and how the game flipped 44:00 – Sam Darnold to the Super Bowl and ranking which teams regret him most 1:18:00 – Cinco de Luncho: Sam Darnold regret list sparks Jets vs Vikings war 1:58:00 – Steelers hire Mike McCarthy and completely abandon their historic model 2:32:00 – Aaron Rodgers futures, Vikings buzz, and who actually has a quarterback 3:05:00 – Pro Bowl outrage, MLB The Show cover mystery, Jets misery, and why the Patriots always get the breaks

Transcript

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0:00.0

While I was watching the AFC championship game, all I could think of was Sean Morash.

0:04.7

Because when the weather turned in the second half, and I thought they did a really good job of showing us how insane it was that the weather turned the way it did, because it started off like a beautiful day.

0:17.5

And then by the fourth quarter, they've got to put digital yard markers up to see it.

0:22.5

All I could think about is how this game was incredibly affected by the weather.

0:26.8

And I found it insanely entertaining. But I had Sean's voice in my head.

0:32.4

This sucks. This isn't real football. This isn't the way a championship should be determined.

0:38.1

And like I get it, even though I disagree, because there's no question.

0:42.0

In the second half of this game, that was a slop.

0:45.5

Now, I found it entertaining, Teak, but it was insanity what we witnessed in the last quarter and a half of this game.

0:51.4

You know what?

0:51.8

I would agree with you, Evan, because I love weather as a character.

0:55.2

I think it makes you focus in a way that you just haven't had to throughout in a regular game

1:01.5

where there is no weather.

1:02.9

And I would have held that same thought, that same opinion,

1:07.8

if I hadn't watched the NFC championship game right after because that was one of

1:12.3

the most beautiful, well executed, play-called game that I've ever seen. Hell, even the broadcast

1:20.9

was outstanding. Tom Brady was fantastic with Burkhart. So if I hadn't seen the NFC championship game right afterwards, I would have agreed with you.

1:31.4

But thinking back on that AFC second half, the New England Patriots go down on that 16 play drive,

1:37.6

kick the only score the only points in the second half, and then the Denver Broncos run 18 place.

1:46.2

18 place, the entire second half.

1:49.4

And it was just ugly.

1:51.0

It was in and up.

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